![The Day a Duck Came to the OU](https://www.ou.org/life/files/K001-200x1131.jpg)
The Day a Duck Came to the OU
Rabbi Chaim Loike talks about how we know which birds are kosher and birds you'd be surprised are kosher, including his famous duck.
Nov 7, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
![Rabbi Menachem Genack on His New Book Letters to President Clinton](https://www.ou.org/life/files/gen.jpg)
Rabbi Menachem Genack on His New Book Letters to...
Rabbi Genack talks about his relationship with president Clinton, which began while the President was Governor and running for President of the United States. Read about Letters to President Clinton, at Jewish...
Nov 7, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
![The Rarest Blue (audio)](https://www.ou.org/life/files/rare.jpg)
The Rarest Blue (audio)
Savitsky talks with Baruch Sterman, author of "The Rarest Blue" which covers the mitzvah of Techelet.
Oct 22, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
![What’s the Deal with Latkes? (audio)](https://www.ou.org/life/files/latkes.jpg)
What’s the Deal with Latkes? (audio)
Savitsky talks with Carol Green Ungar about the mysterious and spiritual journey latkes had to take in order to become a cornerstone in the Jewish culinary palette.
Oct 16, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
![Wanted: People Who Talk During Davening (audio)](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Savitsky.jpg)
Wanted: People Who Talk During Davening (audio)
Stephen talks with Rabbi Ephraim Buchwald, the founder of the "beginner's minyan service."
Oct 2, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
![Judaism in South Africa](https://www.ou.org/life/files/iStock_000010109452Small.jpg)
Judaism in South Africa
Stephen Savitsky talks with Rabbi Warren Goldstein, chief rabbi of South Africa, about his thriving Jewish community and the unique challenges they face.
Sep 16, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
![A Shomer Shabbat Hollywood Screenwriter](https://www.ou.org/life/files/iStock_000002585717XSmall1.jpg)
A Shomer Shabbat Hollywood Screenwriter
Stephen Savitsky speaks with Hollywood screenwriter, Robert Avrech, about the Hollywood culture and what it is like working as a shomer shabbat Jew in such a demanding environment.
Aug 28, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
![The Origins of OU Kosher (audio)](https://www.ou.org/life/files/Screen-shot-2013-08-01-at-2.09.03-PM.png)
The Origins of OU Kosher (audio)
Savitsky talks with Rabbi Aaron Reichel about past OU President Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein's outreach efforts and launching the national OU Kosher Dept.
Jul 29, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
![The Zoo Rabbi Talks About ‘Hawking’ and Lions (audio)](https://www.ou.org/life/files/iStock_000014741928Small.jpg)
The Zoo Rabbi Talks About ‘Hawking’ and Lions (audio)
Savitsky talks with Rabbi Slifkin (AKA: The Zoo Rabbi) about the art of 'Hawking' and Lions chasing prey in the Savana.
Jul 15, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
![The Birth of Modern Kosher](https://www.ou.org/life/files/oukosher.jpg)
The Birth of Modern Kosher
Savitsky talks with Timothy Lytonn, author of Kosher: Private Regulation in the Age of Industrial Food.
Jul 2, 2013
By Stephen Savitsky
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