71 Years Later, Sobibor Gas Chambers Unearthed
The gas chambers at the Sobibor death camp, where some 250,000 Jews perished between April 1942 and October 1943, have been uncovered in an archaeological dig, bringing to a close an...
Sep 17, 2014
By OU Staff
Egypt Wants Its Gold Back
The Jews who left Egypt during the Exodus stole Egyptian gold and treasures and must be made to pay back what they took – with interest, an Egyptian political scientist has...
Sep 15, 2014
By OU Staff
All Ashkenazi Jews Should Test For Cancer Gene, Study...
The research, conducted at Jerusalem’s Shaare Zedek Medical Center, found high rates of ovarian and breast cancer whether or not there was family history of the disease. Of the randomly selected...
Sep 12, 2014
By OU Staff
Rabbi Weil Interviews Director of “The Green Prince,” Nadav...
We had the great opportunity of hosting Nadav Schirman, the Director of the award winning documentary film The Green Prince. The Green Prince, which is the fascinating story of Moussab Hassan...
Sep 11, 2014
By Rabbi Steven Weil
Does Israel Have the Answer to Ebola?
Protalix, an Israeli biopharmaceutical company located outside of the northern city of Carmiel, said Saturday that it has the resources to produce the experimental Ebola vaccine, ZMapp, which has recently run...
Sep 8, 2014
By OU Staff
Steven Sotloff Was Jewish
We can now say that Steven Joel Sotloff was Jewish. We can now say that he was the grandson of Holocaust survivors, that his mother was a preschool teacher at Temple...
Sep 3, 2014
By OU Staff
The Pro-Israel Expendables
Nearly 200 Hollywood actors and executives, including Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger, have signed Creative Community for Peace’s pro-Israel, anti-Hamas open letter. “We, the undersigned, are saddened by the devastating loss...
Aug 26, 2014
By OU Staff
Baruch Dayan Emet: Body of Missing Student Found
The body of missing 23-year-old yeshiva student Aaron Sofer a”h was found in the Jerusalem Forest, where Sofer was last seen this past Friday. Read the latest media reports for continuing...
Aug 26, 2014
By OU Staff
Letter to Jewish Communities from Israeli PM Netanyahu
The Prime Minister of Israel issues a letter of gratitude to Jewish communities around the globe for their continuing support of Operation Protective Edge:
Aug 7, 2014
By OU Staff
Who Caused This Crisis?
Our instinctive response to crisis and tragedy is to look for people to blame and to think they are the sole cause of our difficulties. We say to each other, “If...
Aug 7, 2014
By Yaakov Weiland
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