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Bethia Gindi
Bethia Gindi
Bethia Gindi is a junior at YULA High School in Los Angeles, and a member of Team Yachad who ran at the Miami ING Half-Marathon last weekend.  She sent a personal reflection on the race to Yachad: I feel I...
Oct 18, 2015
By Yakira Apfel
Billable Hours: How Do We Spend Our Time?
Billable Hours: How Do We Spend Our Time?
Maybe if we were paid $350 per working hour, we would take our time here more seriously.
Oct 15, 2015
By Susan Schwartz
Some Personal Reflections on Sukkot in Yerushalayim
There is nothing as incomparably, magnificently festive as Yerushalayim just prior to, and during Sukkot. The city is illuminated by the incandescent sunshine of the pre-rainy season. Everywhere one looks, sukkot...
Oct 15, 2015
By Allen Fagin
Join Us in Celebrating a Shabbat of Solidarity with...
Our tradition teaches us that the most effective weapon in the arsenal of the Jewish people is our unity. Even the wicked King Ahab, an idol worshipper, met with success in...
Oct 15, 2015
By OU Staff
Make it a Winter to Remember with Team Yachad
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co5hVBPI5y4&feature=youtu.be
Oct 15, 2015
By OU Staff
Five Changes I Made To My Life in Israel
Alexandra Benjamin wrote the following post on Facebook. In the wake of almost 30 terrorists attacks in Israel, she wrote about the five changes she made to her life and five...
Oct 14, 2015
By Alexandra Benjamin
Does Money Buy Happiness? Maybe!
Does money buy happiness? Well, yes—or no—or maybe-sometimes. The question that begs to be asked really is do you need money to be happy? The answer is really yes, no, and...
Oct 13, 2015
By Alan Freishtat
Sibling Rivalry: How to Cure a Timeless Problem
One of the major themes of Parshat Bereishit is sibling rivalry. We start with Kayin and Hevel, Yitzchok and Yishmael, Yakov and Eisav and then Yosef and his brothers. It seems...
Oct 13, 2015
By Adina Soclof
The Worst New York Times Story Ever?
The Worst New York Times Story Ever?
The New York Times recently published an article that was so appallingly flawed and dangerous that it simply beggars belief. Its subsequent “clarification” only serves to highlight how bad it was....
Oct 12, 2015
By Rabbi Natan Slifkin
Paying a Shiva Call to the Henkin Family
The following article is part of Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb’s Weekly Newsletter. Earlier this week, Chavi and I concluded a most enjoyable and inspiring Yom Tov season. It included the...
Oct 8, 2015
By Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb

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