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Passover Reflections on Jewish History and the Situation in...
Apr 14, 2022
By Henry Abramson, PhD
Watch: Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb Reflects on Ukraine
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Mar 16, 2022
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Purim 2022; Festivities Amidst Tragedy
In my family, perhaps like in yours, Purim is the most anticipated and lighthearted day of the year. Laughter flows freely even for the teetotallers, and even the most serious
Mar 10, 2022
By Moishe Bane
Watch: All Mishnah Jr. – Students Speak
Feb 17, 2022
By OU Staff
Limiting egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall isn’t religiously coercive
Limiting egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall isn’t religiously...
There is currently a battle happening regarding egalitarian prayer at the Western Wall. My great-grandfather, Israel Wagner, a devoted and pious Boyaner hassid from the Bukovina region of Romania, was enraptured
Feb 13, 2022
By Rabbi Moshe Hauer
OU in the Community This Shabbos!
Feb 11, 2022
By OU Staff
Rabbi Hauer’s Erev Shabbos Message: 5/27/22
It feels as if our world is fraying. This week we encountered the horror of yet another mass shooting unleashed on an elementary school, killing 21, traumatizing hundreds of others,
Feb 11, 2022
By Rabbi Moshe Hauer
A Better World: Rabbi Hauer on Parshas Terumah
We must build a better world. This ideal seems hopelessly out of reach. The world around us raises constant reminders of the distance it must travel to achieve goodness. We
Feb 4, 2022
By OU Staff
A Better World: Rabbi Hauer on Parshas Terumah
We must build a better world. This ideal seems hopelessly out of reach. The world around us raises constant reminders of the distance it must travel to achieve goodness. We
Feb 4, 2022
By Rabbi Moshe Hauer
Watch: Passion and Judaism – It Starts at Home
Orthodox Union Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer discusses four actionable methods to increase our passion for Judaism. Filmed at last week’s Torah U’Mesorah Conference.
Dec 30, 2021
By OU Staff

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