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Warren Buffet Isn’t Jewish, But His Lessons Are
Warren Buffet Isn’t Jewish, But His Lessons Are
Warren Buffett repeatedly says that he does not give stock tips.  Instead he gives out wisdom in the form of certain principles.  His gift is his extraordinary ability to relate those...
Mar 1, 2016
By Rabbi Jon Gross
Two Thirds of Americans Favor Israelis Over Palestians
From the Times of Israel: Nearly two thirds of Americans (62 percent) favor Israel more than the Palestinians, as they have done for the past seven years, according to a Gallup...
Mar 1, 2016
By OU Staff
5 Young Chinese Women Arrive in Israel to Make...
From the JTA: Five women in their 20s from the Chinese Jewish community of Kaifeng arrived in Israel to make aliyah. The women, who have been studying Hebrew and Judaism in...
Feb 29, 2016
By OU Staff
Miriam Peretz’s Speaking Engagements
Monday March 14 Yeshiva University Beren (Midtown) Campus 8:30 PM (Lecture + book sale & signing)   Tuesday March 15 The Edmond J. Safra Synagogue 11 E 63rd St, New York,...
Feb 29, 2016
By OU Staff
When You’re Smiling, Keep on Smiling and the Whole...
Our faces are the homepage of who we are and how we are perceived.  No matter what is happening in our hearts or our minds, we leave a strong impression on...
Feb 29, 2016
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
24-Hour Fundraiser Nets 80K to Keep Heart to Heart...
Last week, the Jewish campus outreach movement Heart to Heart, part of the Orthodox Union’s NextGen Division, tried to raise $60,000 in 24 hours. In the end, they didn’t raise the...
Feb 25, 2016
By Bayla Sheva Brenner
NCSYers Make a Difference in Flood-Ravaged Texas
NCSYers Make a Difference in Flood-Ravaged Texas
Ten student leaders from the New York Region of NCSY flew to Texas over Presidents’ Day Weekend to volunteer in a city still recovering from flooding. The disaster relief mission to...
Feb 25, 2016
By Batya Rosner
The Death of an Icon
Natan Sharansky is going to be at Beth Tfiloh on March 14.  At the beginning of his book “Fear No Evil,” he recalls a memory from his childhood, the day that...
Feb 25, 2016
By Rabbi Jon Gross
Dear Mordechai
Dear Mordechai
The following is a letter Alan sent to a client: Dear Mordechai, (name is changed) It’s been just about year years since we met each other. You came into my weight...
Feb 25, 2016
By Alan Freishtat
I Don’t Believe in That God Either
I Don’t Believe in That God Either
Last month marked thirty years since the tragic explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger. Seven crew members died after the shuttle broke apart 73 seconds after takeoff. As I’m sure is...
Feb 22, 2016
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg

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