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YouthCon was created to strengthen informal educators who are impacting thousands of Jewish youth every year. On Sunday, August 21, 2011, hundreds of informal educators from all over the world will...

This article has been reprinted with permission of The Jewish Press and first appeared there September, 2010 “You’re going where?! That sounds interesting. What is it?” This response we received from...

Wasn’t it just Tuscaloosa that was devastated by a tornado? And aren’t Memphis and Natchez buried under the waters of the mighty Mississippi? The last few months have seen disaster after...

As a school, we are frequently asked by countless charities and organizations to help raise money for their cause. Of course we want to help, but it’s difficult to organize 3...

In 1988, the world was shocked at the downing of Pan Am Flight 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland. All 259 passengers and crew were killed, including Joseph K. Miller (z”l). Miller, a...

Project Witness and the Museum of Jewish Heritage announce their jointly produced event, a groundbreaking symposium, The Untold Story: Religious Faith and Practice during the Holocaust. Sunday, May 29th, 2011, 9:00...

Dear Friends – I am writing from Birmingham, Alabama which is recovering from a natural disaster of biblical proportions. As you know, Tuscaloosa, Birmingham, and countless small towns in our area...

Maybe it wasn’t expected, but within hours of the March 11th earthquake that rocked Japan, the Orthodox Union had organized a relief fund. It was a basic humanitarian gesture, and immediately...

For more than four hundred years, Shylock — with his demand for a pound of flesh from a debtor — has been the symbol of the greedy, selfish, repulsive, alien Jew....

As a senior at Yeshiva of Flatbush Joel Braverman High School, I can tell you that one of the most inspirational activities is being involved in the annual dramatic production that...