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OU Israel Drama Therapy Department produces…SECRETS: The Diary of an Anglo Teen in Israel “My name is Talia and my secret is that I cut school today…and yesterday… and the day...

Last night I attended the Chanukat Habayit (rededication of a new home) of our OU Israel Bayit Yehudi building in Tiberias. Before Rav Shmuel Eliyahu affixed the first Mezuzah, he shared...

I don’t recall as a kid ever having an existential crisis. Perhaps I was brought up well, perhaps it was a slower time (the 80’s?), perhaps I was just lucky, but...

A photographic cataloging We are surrounded by brilliant flashes of color and the subtle softness of its many shades. Harry Chapin sang, “There are so many colors in the rainbow, So...

Note to Editors: Hezbollah’s missiles and rockets have stopped falling on Israel’s north, but the trauma lives on, particularly among the children. Responding to this trauma, the Orthodox Union, in cooperation...

Mazal Tov to all the Graduates of 2006! May each of you go M’Chayil El Chayil – from Strength to Strength. We’d love to see your photos in Shabbat Shalom! Upcoming...

The Me Generation seems to be living up to its name. A recent article in The Wall Street Journal described the struggle nonprofit organizations are facing in their attempt to lure...

One could call Dr. Jeffrey Lichtman, National Director of the OU’s Yachad/National Jewish Council for Disabilities, a visionary; a man with a clear eye on the future. But as soon as...

A runaway bestseller back in the seventies opened with these wise words, “Life is hard.” I think we can give the Jewish singles’ update on that observation. Shidduchim is harder. The...

Upon entering Rabbi Yerachmiel Morrison’s corner office, which faces Broadway on one side and Manhattan’s East River on the other, an array of pastries and chocolates greeted me. Decoratively arranged on...