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OU Radio Will Launch Selichot Sichot to Enhance High...
To enhance the High Holiday experience, OU Radio will launch Selichot Sichot daily programming, which will feature five to fifteen minutes presentations on the selichot prayers by rabbis on the staff...
Aug 31, 2007
By OU Staff
OU Announces Release of Second Edition of OU Guide...
The Orthodox Union, conscious of challenges today's consumers are faced with when it comes to keeping kosher, announced today the release of the second edition of The OU Guide to Checking...
Aug 31, 2007
By OU Staff
A Sweet, Sweet Year
In these days of the month of Elul, we are already wishing each other Shanah Tovah u-Metukah, a “good and sweet new year.” To many, this may seem like just a...
Aug 31, 2007
By OU Staff
Sponsor of OU Job Fair, Manhattan BP Scott Stringer,...
Sponsor of the Orthodox Union's Second Virtual Job Fair, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, who lent the prestige of his office to attract employers and to publicize the event, appeared today...
Aug 30, 2007
By OU Staff
OU Presents Reflections on Teshuvah
In anticipation of the High Holidays, the Orthodox Union will offer Reflections on Teshuvah on OU Radio, September 4 to October...
Aug 28, 2007
By OU Staff
OU Extends Job Board to Israel to Help English-Speakers...
In an initiative to help English-speakers find jobs in Israel, the Orthodox Union Job Board, which has already placed hundreds of people in jobs across North America, has expanded its horizons...
Aug 24, 2007
By OU Staff
Rabbi Twerski’s Rosh Hashanah Plea for Proper Synagogue Decorum...
At a time of year in which Jews spend many hours in the synagogue, the Orthodox Union has issued a heartfelt plea for proper decorum during...
Aug 24, 2007
By OU Staff
How to Blow the Shofar
Few people become really proficient at blowing the shofar. The Talmud (Shabbat 117b) refers to blowing the shofar as “chochmah ve-einah melachah”—a skill, rather than hard work—but mastering it does demand...
Aug 24, 2007
By OU Staff
NCSY and Birthright Israel Make a Shidduch: How Yaakov...
On Thursday, August 30, Jake Freedman, 25 and Tovah Schafer, 23 will be married in an Orthodox ceremony in Teaneck, NJ. Less...
Aug 22, 2007
By OU Staff
Brooklyn BP Marty Markowitz to Sponsor OU’s Virtual Job...
The Orthodox Union announced today that Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is a sponsor of the Orthodox Union’s Virtual Job Fair II, to be held Wednesday, August 29 at OU Headquarters...
Aug 17, 2007
By OU Staff

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