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...
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...
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...
Taking the Show to LA: 3 Day OU Halachic...
It was called the Three-Day Los Angeles Halachic Adventure, and was devoted to exploring “The Mesorah (tradition) of Kosher Birds and Animals” through lectures, food tasting and site visits for kosher...
West Coast NCSY Expands Focus From Teens to All...
With its programming usually directed to teenagers, West Coast NCSY will turn its focus Labor Day weekend to the entire range of childhood...
OU Kosher to Join Partners in Oct. 10 Seminar...
With its experience of providing kosher certification to hundreds of thousands of products manufactured in 80 countries worldwide, the Orthodox Union Kosher Division is truly an international organization with the globe...
OU L.A. Conference Prepares Synagogue Prayer Leaders for...
Just days before the stirring melodies of the High Holy Days resonate throughout synagogues worldwide, the West Coast Region of the Orthodox Union will present a conference directed at “The Shliach...
OU West Coast’s Rabbi Korobkin to Speak on Shabbat...
Rabbi Daniel Korobkin, Director of Synagogue and Community Services for the West Coast Region of the Orthodox Union, will deliver Shabbat messages at three Orthodox Union synagogues in Seattle on...
OU Releases Tower of Babel, First in a Series...
The Orthodox Union, in conjunction with Olom Hachesed and Torah Entertainment Productions, has just released The Tower of Babel, the first in the series of "Tinker Shop Tales" DVDs intended for...
After The Flood: New York NCSY Shows Strength And...
Despite loss of their Queens headquarters from last week's torrential rains, the New York Region of NCSY is having a full program of summer activities and is planning for...
