Media Roundup: OU Executive Vice President, Emeritus, Allen...
With OU Executive Vice President, Emeritus, Allen Fagin’s upcoming retirement, explore media coverage as Mr. Fagin reflects on the past six years of leading the organization. The Jerusalem Post Israel must...
Jul 1, 2020
By OU Staff
Summer 2020 – We Have Our Work Cut Out...
We know summer as beach time. Playing in the sand and swimming in natural water. Sports. Hiking. Travel programs. Art programs. Learning programs. Pools. Barbecues on Bubby’s Grandpa’s deck. Sadly, summer...
Jun 22, 2020
By Hylton I. Lightman, MD, DCH (SA), FAAP
Davening With Conflicting Emotions and Sefer Ezra: On the...
On Thursday, 6/4/20, Young Israel of Memphis (YIOM) held its first minyan since the coronavirus pandemic forced us to suspend all minyanim on Sunday, 3/15/20. Davening at this minyan was a...
Jun 11, 2020
By Rabbi Akiva Males
Kabed et Avicha Vet Imecha: Teach Children All About...
Part I: There is one simple phrase that can help put a stop to disrespectful behavior Part II: Teaching kids to be respectful does not have to be difficult. Two more...
May 27, 2020
By Adina Soclof
The Secret Unity of Jewish Twitter
The global COVID-19 pandemic has had dire effects on the world and will have lasting effects on the infrastructure of the Jewish community. Given the harsh financial reality, some Reform and...
May 27, 2020
By Rabbi Dovid Bashevkin
NY NCSY Responds to Pandemic Restrictions
Anyone who says “If you can’t do, teach,” hasn’t tried teaching. Education is an arduous undertaking that leaves little leeway for error. Whereas a failure in the business world costs money,...
May 21, 2020
By Avi Solomon
Six for Six : How the World Changed in...
The actual state of Israel was established 72 years ago in 1948. However, the modern state of Israel as we know it, was launched in 1967. The six-day war was so...
May 21, 2020
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
An Open Letter From the Bottom of My Heart
To my dear, precious, and sacred Synagogue: For the last ten weeks I have missed you so. I have longed to be together with our shared friends, united in prayer in...
May 21, 2020
By Rabbi Efrem Goldberg
Lone Johannesburg minyan, in old age home, names babies,...
Every day for years, a tight-knit group of 12-15 men has gathered for morning prayers at the red-carpeted, oak wood-furnished synagogue in their Sandringham Gardens residence for the Jewish elderly in...
Apr 30, 2020
By Times of Israel
Empty Cemeteries and Jewish Sovereignty
I just returned from the Gush Etzion cemetery having attended a very unusual Yom Hazikaron ceremony. It was a discouraging but also a triumphant experience. Let me explain. My family often...
Apr 29, 2020
By Rabbi Moshe Taragin
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