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American Historians Reject Anti-Israel Resolution
The largest society of historians and history professors in the United States rejected a resolution condemning what it calls Israel’s restriction of Palestinians right to education in the West Bank and...
Jan 11, 2016
By OU Staff
A Message for Eternity: A Review of Rabbi Weinreb’s...
Although usually billed as a very readable English translation of Tehillim (which it is), the unquestionable value of the new Koren Tehillim lies in the commentary written by Rabbi Dr. Tzvi...
Jan 11, 2016
By Jay Levinson
Two Dollars for the License to Dream
I have a confession to make – I bought a lottery ticket for the Power Ball. After all, you’ve got to be in it to win it and this Wednesday night,...
Jan 11, 2016
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
What Not to Say to Couples Struggling with Infertility
Nosei B’ol Im Chaveiro – Carry the Burden with Our Friends Those struggling with infertility or secondary infertility come to shul, go to work, shop at the supermarket and often nobody...
Jan 5, 2016
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Cooperman Passes Away
From Arutz Sheva: Professor Yaacov Katz, the president of Jerusalem College for religious women, known in Hebrew as Michlalah, eulogized Rabbi Dr. Yehuda Cooperman, the founder of the college who passed...
Jan 5, 2016
By OU Staff
French Jews Live Under Armed Guard
From the AFP: Ever since a jihadist attack on a kosher store left four people dead a year ago, France’s Jews have grown used to soldiers patrolling their neighbourhoods and schools....
Jan 5, 2016
By OU Staff
Thousands Gather for Victims of Tel Aviv Shooting
From The Jerusalem Post: Some 2,000 friends, acquaintances and family members attended the funeral of Alon Bakal in the northern town of Karmiel on Sunday, following his murder in an attack...
Jan 4, 2016
By OU Staff
Jedis in Halacha
I. Jedis as Warriors As a child growing up with the original Star Wars movies, I developed an impression of Jedis as space-monks, serene individuals immersed in wisdom and trained in...
Jan 4, 2016
By Rabbi Gil Student
NCSY on TV!
NCSY, the Orthodox Union’s international youth movement, was recently featured on Chicago’s WGN Television network. Watch the clip below.
Jan 4, 2016
By OU Staff
What NCSY Means to Me
My name is Britain Pilott and I am from Burlington, Kentucky. At the age of five, my father passed away suddenly and the deaths of both my grandparents shortly followed. I...
Dec 31, 2015
By Britain Pilott

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