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They warned me: Never set foot in Sh’chunat Hatikva. The so-called “Neighborhood of Hope” was anything but. It was notorious as the most dangerous neighborhood in Tel Aviv and the home of...

Since 1939, when the Human Torch and Sub-Mariner first appeared in Marvel Mystery Comics #1, one question has plagued aficionados of four-color literature: does the Orthodox Union exist in the Marvel...

Looking around synagogue–particularly on Yom Kippur–we see some people who’ve come searching for God and we see those people who’ve come because they want to socialize. And we see ourselves judging...

In tractate Taanis (5b), Rabbi Nachman makes a bold statement: Our forefather Yaakov never died. This actually makes a lot of sense. After all, Genesis 25:8 tells us explicitly that Avraham...

There’s been a little bit of buzz lately about sheitels; in particular, whether certain sheitels, of certain styles or cuts, conform to certain standards of halacha and hashkafa. Notice, I didn’t...

Readers of OU Life and Shabbat Shalom are likely already familiar with the tragedy that took place this past week, during the joyous holiday of Chanukah. I refer, of course, to...

WOW – 1 – The Water Cycle – final from The Shmuz on Vimeo.

My maternal grandmother was Rita Bear Strauss Flehinger She was born on November 8, 1895 in Richmond Virginia. She grew up in a staunchly Reform German family. Along came a traveling...

It’s the conversation piece in every classroom: “So, what did you get for Chanuka?” Some families give large gifts, some give small ones, some give one gift for each night of...

We at the Orthodox Union join the rest of the Jewish people in mourning the loss of Harav Aharon Leib Shteinman zt’l. Rav Shteinman zt’l was not only a world leading...