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YU’s Menorah Myth Busters
When Yeshiva University senior Ari Rosenberg signed up for a summer school course on the Arch of Titus, he was just trying to fulfill his last history requirement with what sounded...
Jul 29, 2014
By OU Staff
Summer Vacation in Israel Canceled…for Torah
Reposted from The Jerusalem Post online. The major hassidic groups in Israel will not run the usual summer vacation programs for students from the Fast of the Ninth of Av to...
Jul 29, 2014
By Jeremy Sharon
Reports from Israel: The OU Solidarity Mission
The Orthodox Union’s Solidarity Mission to Israel, led by Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb and Rabbi Steven Weil, was well received at the many different visits they made. Below you’ll find reports...
Jul 25, 2014
By OU Staff
Max Steinberg ז”ל: A Hero Who Rekindled the Zionist...
Jerusalem, July 23: An estimated 30,000 Israelis from all over the country paid their respects to Max Steinberg ז”ל who was buried in Jerusalem’s Mt. Herzl military cemetery today. He was...
Jul 23, 2014
By Zvi Volk
OU Solidarity Mission to Israel: Join Rabbi Steven Weil...
Solidarity Mission to Israel to Show our Support Thursday, July 24 – Monday, July 28, 2014 Join us as we embark on a solidarity mission–from this Thursday Evening through Tuesday morning–that...
Jul 21, 2014
By OU Staff
Rocket Fire from Gaza Resumes
Tensions are gain running high in Israel as Hamas rocket fire and IDF strikes in Gaza have again resumed. Renewed calls for violence against Israelis is being partially fueled by the...
Jul 17, 2014
By OU Staff
Is Hamas Trying to Get Gazans Killed?
Mahmoud Abbas, the sometimes moderate, often ineffectual leader of the Palestinian Authority, just asked his rivals in Hamas a question that other bewildered people are also asking: “What are you trying...
Jul 14, 2014
By Jeffrey Goldberg
Rabbi Weinreb: Were Our Tears Shed in Vain: Part...
Following up on last week’s remarks in Passaic (watch video here), Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb again addressed the topic of “Were Our Tears Shed in Vain: A Torah Response to...
Jul 7, 2014
By OU Staff
Does Being Jewish Boost Your Job Chances?
Think being Jewish is a barrier to getting hired? Think again, or so says a new study by three University of Connecticut researchers, published in the Journal Social Currents and reported...
Jul 7, 2014
By OU Staff
3 Boys, 19 Days and 1 Changed People
As I sit in my living room four and a half hours after hearing the terrible news I find myself deep in thought about what has just happened. While the media...
Jul 3, 2014
By Rabbi Avi Berman, Director of OU Israel

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