![Of Time and Purim](https://www.ou.org/life/files/timesofsh28.png)
Of Time and Purim
Purim is in the air, and I find myself considering what it will be like to celebrate this festival for the first time as an Israeli citizen. And, so far, it...
Feb 28, 2018
By Rabbi Shmuel Goldin
![A Jew and a Muslim Walk Into a Comic Book Shop. The Proprietor Hands Them a Sandwich.](https://www.ou.org/life/files/willow.jpg)
A Jew and a Muslim Walk Into a Comic...
It sounds like a joke but that’s what really happened. Here’s how it came about. About two months ago, we reported that the OU had been name-checked in a Marvel comic....
Feb 27, 2018
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
![Like Clockwork: The Incredible Lengths One High-Tech Company Went to Keep Shabbat](https://www.ou.org/life/files/clockfi.png)
Like Clockwork: The Incredible Lengths One High-Tech Company Went...
“Rafi, we have a problem.” Rafi could tell in Eli’s voice that something important had happened. It was Friday morning; a sizzling August day in Israel. Eli was the CEO of...
Feb 27, 2018
By Shlomo Horwitz
![Have We Made Purim Into a Holiday of Materialism?](https://www.ou.org/life/files/giftbasket.jpg)
Have We Made Purim Into a Holiday of Materialism?
It’s officially that time of the year when the P word has begun to enter our minds. Yes, most of you think I am referring to Pesach and that would apply,...
Feb 21, 2018
By Ariela Davis
![Love Your Teammate as Yourself: A Lesson from the Olympics](https://www.ou.org/life/files/GettyImages-146732513.jpg)
Love Your Teammate as Yourself: A Lesson from the...
I previously wrote how Nancy Kerrigan was one of my heroes. I’ve always found it inspirational how she bounced back from the injury she received in her unprovoked attack, taking the...
Feb 21, 2018
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
![OU President Moishe Bane on Three Existential Threats to American Orthodoxy](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Image-51.jpg)
OU President Moishe Bane on Three Existential Threats to...
The Hebrew Theological College hosted nearly 250 guests on January 27 at their 37th Annual Melave Malka in Skokie, Illinois. During the evening emceed by Rabbi Yehiel Kalish, Rabbi Shmuel L....
Feb 15, 2018
By OU Staff
![Can People Change?](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Change-Arrows.jpg)
Can People Change?
How we really try. So much money and effort is spent on self improvement. Books, courses, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy. But do we ever really change? Are we bound to the redundancy of...
Feb 15, 2018
By Shiah Grumet
![The Hebrew Hammer and Life’s Platinum Medal](https://www.ou.org/life/files/medals.jpg)
The Hebrew Hammer and Life’s Platinum Medal
It’s a first for my wife. She’s obsessed with this year’s Winter Olympics. To be more specific, she’s interested only in the sliding competition and, as a result, is building her...
Feb 15, 2018
By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
![Vashti’s Pimples](https://www.ou.org/life/files/GettyImages-178161570-e1519029334313.jpg)
Vashti’s Pimples
Mishenichnas Adar, when Adar begins, we increase many things. Rejoicing, for sure. And practical preparations for Purim, naturally: we’re choosing costumes and mishloach manot themes (or non-themes; no judgment here!), we’re...
Feb 14, 2018
By Sarah Rudolph
![Death Be Not Proud](https://www.ou.org/life/files/candle2.jpg)
Death Be Not Proud
I say the following without irony: if you find discussions of death upsetting or triggering, skip this article. I’ve been wanting to write about death for some time now but I’ve...
Feb 13, 2018
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
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