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Universal Pre-K: De Blasio’s Unfulfilled Promise
Urge Mayor de Blasio to make NYC’s universal pre-K program truly universal – email him now. Urge Mayor de Blasio to make NYC’s universal pre-K program truly universal – email him...
Feb 17, 2015
By OU Staff
When Universal Pre-K is Not Universal
“We will offer every child, from every borough of this city, truly universal, full-day Pre-K.” That was Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to the children of New York City one year...
Feb 12, 2015
By OU Staff
And Nothing But the Truth
And Nothing But the Truth
We may be jaded and we may be cynical but the sad reality is that we don’t expect that our political leaders are going to tell the truth. “If you like your...
Feb 10, 2015
By Rabbi Jack Abramowitz
No Jew Left Behind
Urge Mayor de Blasio to make NYC’s universal pre-K program truly universal – email him now. In his State of the City last week, Mayor de Blasio bragged of having provided...
Feb 9, 2015
By OU Staff
OU Calls on de Blaiso for Orthodox Jewish Inclusion...
After nearly a year of advocacy, working to ensure that New York City Jewish day schools would be included in Mayor Bill de Blasio’s signature universal pre-kindergarten (UPK) program, OU Advocacy-Teach...
Feb 5, 2015
By Maury Litwack
Still Single? Maybe Your Local Government can Help
The local council of Beit El has come up with an original way to deal with the bachelorhood issue in the community: The council has begun employing matchmakers to help single...
Feb 2, 2015
By OU Staff
2 IDF Soldiers Killed in Hezbollah Attack
Read the latest media reports on today’s attack in Northern Israel. Jpost Arutz 7 Times of Israel Ha’aretz
Jan 28, 2015
By OU Staff
In Commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This Monday is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which we observe in commemoration of the life and accomplishments of a great American. In tribute to Dr. King, Rabbi Weinreb composed this...
Jan 16, 2015
By Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb
When The Terror Hits Home
Last Saturday night, a day after the terror attacks in Paris, my father called to say that my uncle, Philippe Braham, was killed as he was checking out at the Hyper...
Jan 15, 2015
By OU Staff
The Fate of French Jewry
The attacks last week on the offices of satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo and on a kosher supermarket in Paris shocked the world with their brutality and complete disregard for innocent human...
Jan 14, 2015
By OU Staff

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