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An Eyewitness Report: From the Director of OU’s...
Three days after Rabbi Avi Berman arrived in Jerusalem from Vancouver, Canada, to become the Director of the OU’s Seymour J. Abrams OU Jerusalem World Center (the Israel Center), Hezbollah attacked...
Aug 8, 2006
By OU Staff
From Poland to New Zealand, Many Tune In for...
The message was worthy of a world-wide audience, and that is exactly what it received. As Orthodox Union Executive Vice President Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb delivered his annual Tisha b’Av...
Aug 4, 2006
By OU Staff
For the First Time Ever! Our Way Publishes Signs...
Filling a longstanding need in the deaf and hard of hearing Jewish community, Our Way, a program of the Orthodox Union, has made available the manual Signs of Blessings for Food...
Aug 3, 2006
By OU Staff
Kansas City Student Gives Thanks for NCSY Israel Summer...
The following letter was written by Shella Friedman, a Kansas City, KS high school student, to Todd Cohn, Kansas City’s National Conference of Synagogue Youth (NCSY) chapter advisor. NCSY is...
Aug 1, 2006
By OU Staff
As Battles Rage, OU Issues Call to Say Soldier’s...
As soldiers of the Israel Defense Forces place their lives on the line in combat against both Hezbollah and Hamas – and with casualties mounting – the Orthodox Union...
Aug 1, 2006
By OU Staff
Follow Up: Groups From All Over the Globe Fill...
FOLLOW-UP: GROUPS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE FILL OU’S NINE DAYS LEARNING FOR ISRAEL CALENDAR “As of Friday morning, we have successfully organized learning groups who will be learning for
Jul 31, 2006
By OU Staff
Absolut OU. Absolutely Marvelous News in the World of...
ABSOLUT OU. ABSOLUTELY MARVELOUS NEWS IN THE WORLD OF VODKA! ABSOLUT IS CERTIFIED KOSHER BY THE ORTHODOX UNION. In an absolutely significant development in the world of kosher certification, the
Jul 31, 2006
By OU Staff
World Prayer for Israeli Hostages
Israel’s Chief Rabbinate called for Jews to unite in a prayer for the soldiers held hostage, at 7pm Israel time, Tuesday Aug. 1.
Jul 29, 2006
By OU Staff
OU Our Way Trip To Israel for the Deaf...
Even as Israel fights its two-front war, Our Way/JDSR (Jewish Deaf Singles Registry), the Orthodox Union’s program for the Jewish community’s deaf and hearing impaired singles, is prepared and ready to...
Jul 28, 2006
By OU Staff
‘Round the Clock and ‘Round the World, OU Nine-Day...
From Palm Springs to Providence, from Vancouver to Toronto, from Cape Town to London and Glasgow, from Israel to Indiana, from Manchester to Minsk, round the clock, 24 hours a day,...
Jul 27, 2006
By OU Staff

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