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What would you do if someone questioned why you were Jewish? Slam poet, Ethan Metzger, tells his story.

Dara Horn sits down with OU.org to discuss her latest book, her thoughts on the Biblical story of Joseph and her thoughts about a world in which nothing is forgotten.

Savitsky talks with Carol Green Ungar about the mysterious and spiritual journey latkes had to take in order to become a cornerstone in the Jewish culinary palette.

Professor Steven M. Cohen, a research professor at the Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion, spoke with the OU on Tuesday about the PEW report and its implications for the...

Stephen talks with Menachem Lubinsky, founder of Kosherfest, about the growth of the event and what to look forward to at this year's convention.

A community’s culture and infrastructure are, of course, correlated. The three most dominant influences shaping American Orthodox culture, and thereby the community’s infrastructure, are the Torah tradition, the community’s recognition of...

Stephen talks with Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, the founder of the "beginner's minyan service."

The heartbreaking story of an anonymous woman's struggle with a mystery disease and her desire to have another child.

A recent study by the New England Journal of Medicine has pointed out that spread of mumps has an unlikely ally: chavruta learning.

Stephen Savitsky talks with Rabbi Warren Goldstein, chief rabbi of South Africa, about his thriving Jewish community and the unique challenges they face.