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When Yeshiva Day School is No Longer a Viable Option
When Yeshiva Day School is No Longer a Viable...
An alternative approach. Steve Savitsky talks with Vanessa Brookes.
Apr 10, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
A Proven Way to Fight the Tuition Crisis
A Proven Way to Fight the Tuition Crisis
Introducing: parent volunteer programs. Steve Savitsky talks with Yaakov Goldstein.
Apr 10, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
The Chassidish and Chareidi World: An Unsustainable Economy and the Onslaught of Self-Hating Jew-Bloggers
The Chassidish and Chareidi World: An Unsustainable Economy and...
"Self-hating Jews are the biggest challenge to the Chareidi world." Steve Savitsky talks with Yitzhak Frankfurter, editor of Ami magazine, about Chassidic and Chareidi viewpoints on challenges facing their community.
Mar 21, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
The Top 10 Consumer Questions About Pesach
The Top 10 Consumer Questions About Pesach
OU Kosher answers the 10 most common questions asked to-date on the OU Kosher Hotline.
Mar 21, 2013
By OUKosher
Inside the Mind and Heart of the Bullied
Inside the Mind and Heart of the Bullied
Bullying is the abuse that happens to our children. We need to make it taboo.
Feb 28, 2013
By Shane Koyczan
OU/IPA Leading Effort to Secure Government Aid for Shuls Hit by Sandy
OU/IPA Leading Effort to Secure Government Aid for Shuls...
Steve Savitsky interviews the IPA's Nathan Diament about the effort to get FEMA funding for synagogues that sustained damage in Sandy.
Feb 26, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
The Cycle of “Shush”
The Cycle of “Shush”
When well-meaning congregants exacerbate the problems of shul decorum.
Feb 8, 2013
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Our Neglected Converts, Our Neglected Duty
Our Neglected Converts, Our Neglected Duty
"I feel barely welcome or a part of the Jewish people."
Jan 31, 2013
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Sandy Hook: Answering Unanswerable Questions, Replacing Despair With Hope
Sandy Hook: Answering Unanswerable Questions, Replacing Despair With Hope
The Sandy Hook shooting: what to say to children, how to respond in the longer range, how to place the event in the broader context of personal suffering, contemporary American society,...
Dec 28, 2012
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
Misconceptions About the Beth Din of America
Misconceptions About the Beth Din of America
Steve Savitsky interviews Rabbi Shlomo Weissman, Director of the Beth Din of America. Do they always try to achieve a compromise? Is it always a slow process?
Dec 20, 2012
By Stephen Savitsky

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