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A Recap From India
A Recap From India
We would like to thank OU Israel Center for organizing our “halachic adventure” to India. We have not usually shared our adventures but felt that this was something so exceptional that...
Feb 18, 2016
By OU Staff
Women Take Center Stage at ‘She’s Got Talent’ Grand...
When Karni Abell’s family made aliyah to Ra’anana last year, the 15-year-old left behind her friends and her childhood home in Chicago, but one thing came with her: her music. Although...
Feb 18, 2016
By Batya Rosner
Looking for the Grave of a Tzaddik? There’s an App for That
Looking for the Grave of a Tzaddik? There’s an...
Imagine this: you’re traveling through a foreign country and you wonder which holy teachers and spiritual leaders are buried in the area. A notification pops up on your phone: the yartzheit...
Feb 17, 2016
By Rishe Groner
Israeli Boy, 11, Stabbed in the Back
From the JTA: An 11-year-old boy was stabbed several times in the back with scissors in the central Israeli city of Ramle. The boy told police the attacker in the Monday...
Feb 9, 2016
By OU Staff
Hundreds Gather for Midwest NCSY’s Annual Banquet
Hundreds Gather for Midwest NCSY’s Annual Banquet
Hundreds of community members came to show their support for Midwest NCSY and what Honoree Mr. Jonah Bruck called the organization’s “lifesaving work,” at its Annual Banquet on January 31 at...
Feb 9, 2016
By Malka Levitansky
A Letter to My Son From His First Siddur
A Letter to My Son From His First Siddur
Rabbi Adam Starr of the Young Israel of Toco Hills  in Atlanta, Georgia, wrote a letter to his son from the perspective of his son’s new siddur on the occasion of his...
Feb 9, 2016
By Rabbi Adam Starr
Three Tips to Raise Happy Jewish Teens
I work for a great organization, A+ Solutions in Cleveland, Ohio. Last week A+ Solutions sponsored an event with a local Jewish organization, JFX, Jewish Family Experience, a congregation and Sunday School led by...
Feb 4, 2016
By Adina Soclof
On Eagle’s Wings
One of the questions that I receive most often is about the description of eagles carrying their young on their wings. The nesher, king of birds, is the most prominent bird in...
Feb 4, 2016
By Rabbi Natan Slifkin
The Storm After the Calm
The Storm After the Calm
In its seventh season of competition, the Orthodox Union’s Team Yachad faced a new challenge:  how to return to New York when a historic blizzard shut down the airport and the...
Feb 4, 2016
By OU Staff
Dutch Thrift Shop Returns 1942 Wedding Book of Couple...
From the JTA: Using social media, a thrift store near the Dutch capital returned the 1942 wedding book of a Jewish couple who perished in Auschwitz to their family. The Kringloper Almere...
Feb 2, 2016
By OU Staff

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