Circle this date on your calendar: Saturday night, February 6 at 7:30 p.m. when former Connecticut Senator Joseph I. Lieberman will discuss “American Support for Israel – Fading, Firm, or Flourishing: Has the Historically Deep American Commitment to Israel Begun to Fray?” The discussion will contemplate the erosion of support for Israel and how American […]
The Orthodox Union Department of Synagogue and Community Services presents a lecture “Old Books That Talk” by Seattle’s Eli Genauer, national vice president of the Orthodox Union. It will be held on Wednesday, January 27 at 7 p.m. at the Anshei Chesed Congregation in Boynton Beach. The OU-member synagogue is located at 10683 El Clair […]
The fifteenth of Shevat, otherwise known as “Tu B’Shevat,” is celebrated in the Hebrew calendar as the mark of the New Year for Trees (aptly called the “Jewish Earth Day”). According to Torah thought, human potential can be compared to the growth of a tree as it says in Deuteronomy “Man is a tree of […]
The Orthodox Union Department of Synagogue and Community Services presents a Community Weekend at the Bialystoker Synaogue on the Lower East Side with OU Manhattan and Regional Director Rabbi Dovid M. Cohen from Friday, January 15 to Saturday, January 16, Shabbat Parshat Bo. The historic OU-member synagogue is located at 7-11 Willett St. (Bialystoker Place). […]
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, praised the introduction of the bipartisan Zero Tolerance for Terror Act into Congress by U.S. Representatives Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) and Ted Deutch (D-FL). The bill, which has five Democrat and Republican co-sponsors, would allow Congress to quickly impose sanctions […]
Terry and Dennis Eisenberg of Brooklyn will be honored on receiving the Ezra Ben Zion Lightman Award at the NCSY Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) National Scholarship Reception on Sunday, January 10 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. NCSY is the international youth movement of the Orthodox Union with the mission of connecting Jewish teens to their heritage through […]
Dr. Murray Leben of Teaneck will be honored on receiving the Enid and Harold Boxer Memorial Award at the NCSY Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) National Scholarship Reception on Sunday, January 10 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. NCSY is the international youth movement of the Orthodox Union with the mission of […]
David Statman of Los Angeles will be one of the four newly inducted members at the Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) NCSY National Scholarship Reception on Sunday, January 10 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. NCSY is the international youth movement of the Orthodox Union with the mission of connecting Jewish teens […]
Rabbi Dave and Chani Felsenthal of Passaic will be honored, receiving the Rebbetzin Elaine and Rabbi Pinchas Stolper Service Award at the NCSY Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) National Scholarship Reception on Sunday, January 10 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York. NCSY is the international youth movement of the Orthodox Union with the mission of connecting Jewish teens to […]
David Cutler, a resident of Staten Island, will be inducted into the Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) at its National Scholarship dinner on Sunday evening, January 10, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan. NCSY is the Orthodox Union’s international youth movement and the Ben Zakkai Honor Society (BZHS) is NCSY’s Alumni Hall of […]
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