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Paralyzing Narratives: Why Peace Keeps Failing
Paralyzing Narratives: Why Peace Keeps Failing
This article originally appeared in The Jewish Journal. We’re so used to seeing the Israeli-Palestinian peace process fail that we often overlook this simple question: How is it possible that so...
May 13, 2014
By David Suissa
Steve Interviews Rabbi Aaron Rakeffet
Savitsky Talks is a weekly 20 minute audio program with interviews and discussions that probe and explore contemporary Jewish life. Stephen Savitsky’s unusually direct and objective approach make this program a refreshing...
May 12, 2014
By Stephen Savitsky
Steve Chats with Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
May 12, 2014
By Stephen Savitsky
Jewish Archive Wanted Back in Iraq; Jews? Not So Much
Jewish Archive Wanted Back in Iraq; Jews? Not So...
The fight over the “Iraqi Jewish Archive” PBS Newshour has a fascinating look at the “Iraqi Jewish Archive” the collection of several thousand documents found in a flooded basement in Iraq...
May 7, 2014
By OU Staff
Nahal Haredi Comes of Age
Nahal Haredi Comes of Age
This article was featured in Jewish Action Summer 2010 As our Jeep bounces violently through a valley somewhere in the Jordan Valley, we spot a group of about fifteen khaki-clad soldiers...
May 6, 2014
By Jonathan Rosenblum
Against Anti-Israel Sentiment, NYU Students Thrive with JLIC
Against Anti-Israel Sentiment, NYU Students Thrive with JLIC
When a pro-Palestinian student group at New York University slid anti-Israel notices under dorm room doors in two of New York University’s largest dorms, students turned to the rabbi of the...
May 6, 2014
By OU Staff
Words Matter – Just Ask Donald Sterling, John Kerry & Avigdor Kahalani
Words Matter – Just Ask Donald Sterling, John Kerry...
This article originally appeared on rabbisblog.brsonline.org. When I studied in Yeshiva University there was a young man named Yossi z”l who suffered from a degenerative disease that left him in a...
May 5, 2014
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
Lights, Camera, Take Action! Yachad Launches Video Contest
Lights, Camera, Take Action! Yachad Launches Video Contest
Just what does inclusion mean to you? That was the question posed by the Yachad Youth Leadership Council (YYLC) last month in their “Lights, Camera, Take Action!” video contest. As part...
May 1, 2014
By OU Staff
Too Tight
Too Tight
Feeling stiff? Well, you probably are too tight, even if you don’t feel that way. Whether you are sitting all day or doing some motion with any part of your body...
Apr 30, 2014
By Alan Freishtat
The Dynamic Doctor Duo: A Couple with a Mission
The Dynamic Doctor Duo: A Couple with a Mission
Drs. Peter and Laurel Steinherz are not only married to each other—they’re married to a common calling. For over three decades they’ve worked in tandem, helping cancer patients survive in the...
Apr 25, 2014
By Bayla Sheva Brenner

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