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$500 Reward To Find Elderly Crown Heights Man
Brooklyn, NY – Moshe Kanofsky, father of Jewish community leader Yosef Kanofsky, has been missing since last week Thursday, December 18, 2014 around 3:30 p.m. He is 73-years-old, six feet
Dec 26, 2014
By OU Staff
Young Israel of Toco Hills in Atlanta Joins Orthodox...
The Orthodox Union has announced that the Young Israel of Toco Hills in Atlanta has been accepted as a member synagogue, joining hundreds of other OU synagogues throughout North America,
Dec 24, 2014
By OU Staff
South Florida Rebbetzins Conference 2015 to be held on...
The role of the Orthodox woman is a juggling act fraught with many responsibilities as she simultaneously manages her family and professional life while maintaining and educating her home in
Dec 23, 2014
By OU Staff
Yachad is Coming to Great Neck: Day Program for...
Yachad and its affiliate the Jewish Union Foundation (JUF) will inaugurate a weekly adult day program in Great Neck for young adults with disabilities, beginning Monday, January 5, 2015 from
Dec 22, 2014
By OU Staff
Semester is Done But Learning Doesn’t Have to be:...
With a focus on the university environment as a marketplace of ideas and experiences that pose both challenges and opportunities to an Orthodox Jew’s observance and commitment, the first ever
Dec 18, 2014
By Batya Rosner
Women to Women: Uniting to Change the World
People respond to tragedy in different ways. It’s just a month since the tragic terror attack in Har Nof at Kehillat Bnai Torah. We lost five tzaddikim and many others were
Dec 18, 2014
By Rivka Segal
“ABLE Act” Approved by U.S. Senate by a Vote...
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, applauded the overwhelming approval of the Achieving a Better Life Experience (“ABLE”) Act in the
Dec 17, 2014
By OU Staff
Orthodox Union Statement on Release of Alan Gross
The Orthodox Union enthusiastically welcomes the release of American Alan Gross after five years of unjust imprisonment in Cuba. For the past several years, the OU has prayed, rallied and
Dec 17, 2014
By OU Staff
Yachad Announces New Summer Programs in New Hampshire &...
Yachad has partnered with two leading Jewish camp programs, one near Toronto  and one in New Hampshire, in which individuals with special needs will be given educational and social experiences
Dec 16, 2014
By OU Staff
OU Urges US Supreme Court to Overturn Decision Permitting...
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, called upon the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a decision from a lower court requiring
Dec 11, 2014
By OU Staff

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