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Rabbi Shimon and Garfunkel on the UN Vote
Rabbi Shimon and Garfunkel on the UN Vote
Throughout the Talmudic tractate of Shabbos, there is an ongoing debate between Rabbi Shimon and Rabbi Yehuda regarding what’s called a davar sheino miskaven – something unintentional – with Rabbi Shimon...
Jan 11, 2017
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
Why “Social Justice Warriors” Don’t Care About Israel or Jews
Why “Social Justice Warriors” Don’t Care About Israel or...
It’s gratifying that our society has become more open and tolerant. Whether it comes to race, religion, sexual preference or gender identity, there is an expectation of acceptance and accommodation the...
Dec 27, 2016
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
The Modern-Day Maccabbees: Relive Entebbe 1976
The Modern-Day Maccabbees: Relive Entebbe 1976
2016 represents the 40th anniversary of the Israel Defense Force’s miraculous rescue of over 100 hostages whose Paris bound Air France Airbus was hijacked by cruel terrorists. After their heroic return,...
Dec 22, 2016
By Rabbi Steven Weil
OU-JLIC Students & Educators Launch Campaign to Help Firefighters in Israel
OU-JLIC Students & Educators Launch Campaign to Help Firefighters...
L to R: Elan Karoll, Ahava Schachter-Zarembski, and Hayley Nagelberg. For Jewish students at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana, the recent devastating fires that spread throughout Israel was an opportunity...
Dec 8, 2016
By OU Staff
“And you shall dwell in the Land…”: Asserting Our...
In Bamidbar 33:55, while the people of Israel prepared their entrance to Erets Yisrael, Hashem warned the people of Israel quite clearly what might happen: “… If you do not drive...
Aug 23, 2016
By Ariel Kahana
NBA Star Omri Casspi posts Instagram photo wearing Tefillin
  NBA star Omri Casspi posted the most amazing shot of himself in prayer on Instagram. “In the past few days I had the privilege of meeting Rabbi Yakov Ades, a...
Jul 12, 2016
By OU Staff
New Archaeological Finds in Israel Bring Ancient History to...
After more than 30 years of excavating the remains of a Philistine city, a team of archaeologists says it believes it has found a cemetery belonging to the Philistines, an ancient...
Jul 11, 2016
By OU Staff
An Important Message from HaRav Asher Weiss
Watch as HaRav Weiss shlit”a tells the incredible story of his father’s survival through the horror of the Shoah and how that led to a life of helping his fellow Jew....
Jun 20, 2016
By OU Staff
Tel Aviv victims: professor, mother of 4, ex-commando, engaged...
From The Times of Israel: Police have released the names of the four victims killed in Wednesday’s terror attack in Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market. Forty-two-year-old Ido Ben Ari from Ramat Gan,...
Jun 8, 2016
By OU Staff
Does Push for India’s ‘Lost Tribe of Menashe’ Signal...
From the Forward: Israel will spend 8.1 millions shekels, or about 2 million dollars, to bring more than 712 members of India’s Bnei Menashe community to Israel this year, the Israeli...
Jun 6, 2016
By OU Staff

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