Rabbi Steven Weil 271 articles

If you’ve visited OU.org within the last several weeks, you’ve probably noticed a significant change: a whole new website that is the culmination of an intense two-year building project that

We all know that 11 Broadway is the home of the OU, but what deeper connections might the address have to “kosher history?” Rabbinic Coordinator Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer shares a

Over the past few weeks, we’ve presented passing teasers of the OU’s 2014 Guide to Passover. Now, as the Guide goes to print, we’d like to tell you a little bit more

In anticipation of Purim, the OU’s Department of Community Engagement presents the lunch break webinar Purim: How to Unmask Your Child’s Hidden Potential Co-sponsored by ChallahCrumbs.com and ParentingSimply.com, the program will

I’d like to talk about one of the mainstays of OU Kosher: Rabbi Avraham Juravel, who serves as supervisor of technical services and as “honorary chief rabbi of Idaho Falls.” For

Jeff Leb, New York director of OU Advocacy, testified before the New York State Legislature Joint Committee on the Executive Budget. He reiterated the OU’s position that all New York

Yachad announces a Dating and Marriage Skills Group for Jewish men and women aged 21-34 with developmental disabilities. The ten-part series is not a shidduch program, but a social-skills-building group.

Sunday night’s Ben Zakkai Honor Society dinner was a wonderful example of Orthodox Union lay and professional leadership working together to present six new BZHS inductees and a magnificent tribute to

On the college campus, when finals and winter break occupy students’ minds, Tu b’Shevat is an exciting time but often a missed opportunity. Our JLIC educators on college campuses across

Pesach is coming – and so is the OU’s highly-anticipated annual guide to all things Pesach-related! In addition to complete listings of OU-P and kosher-for-Passover-year-round products, this year’s guide will