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This year, with your help, the Orthodox Union...

...Inspired fifteen year old Nolan Ryan Fine to put on Tefilin for the first time in his life at an NCSY weekend. He’s one of tens of thousands of teens experiencing Shabbat though the OU's NCSY.

...Enabled Moshe to put food on his table and pay his children’s tuition. He's just one of almost 1,000 families who found a job though the OU Job Board.

...Gave Elisheva her first summer camp experience. She’s one of 150 developmentally disabled teens who went to the OU's Yachad/NJCD summer camp.

...Helped Yael to start believing in tomorrow again. She's one of the 4,000 children in Sderot receiving counseling and hope through our OU Israel Center.

With your help, we hope to do even more in the coming year.


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Pack Some Heat!

Life was getting rough for Miguel Sanchez. No more were the glory days of “coyotes,” the illegal immigrant smugglers who plied …
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Parshat Ha’azinu: Ear O Dynamics

Blue as clarity, clean like a child, Fresh clouds, softer than whispers On a lover’s lip, these are the Heavens, A …
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Orthodoxy 2018: An Orthodox World, An Optimistic Future

Sitting around the dining room table with Michael Fragin and Esther Jungreis, Steve Savitsky speaks about the prohibitive costs of tuition …

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Cooking Up The Curious, The Oddly Shaped, The Colorful and The Regular

You’re shopping for produce, and you spot this spiny magenta...what? You’re curious, but what on earth is it?
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Haazinu: The King & I

If not for the fact that the Almighty wrote it himself, it would seem blasphemous... Enveloped in the midst of the …
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Using Our Money As God Intended

The man who stood outside my front door at 9.30 in the evening that cold night, looked fraught and exhausted. It …
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Celebrating Sukkot With Culinary Stars’ Favorites

To celebrate the agricultural theme, fruits and vegetables take center stage on the Sukkot menu, including stuffed harvest vegetables (cabbage, eggplant, …
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Sukkot: A Sukkah Life

For most, it remains an enigma. We say it; it seems like it fits – but one suspects that we are …
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Tzimmes Meets Tajine - Sumptuous Stews to Sweeten the New Year

Tzimmes is a specialty of Ashkenazi Jews, while tajines come from Morocco. Although they have such different origins...
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All Good Fasts Must Come To An End

Jewish cooks the world over are shopping and chopping, searing and sauteing – so many dishes, so little time...No sooner is …
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High Holiday Baking

Cakes, cookies and breads that I bake for the Holidays, I bake only for the Holidays. Except for testing out recipes, …
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Break-the-Fast Meal Ideas

After fasting for over 24 hours and spending a day in prayer and contemplation, asking for forgiveness, it’s time to gather …
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Holiday Season: No Time To Sin

Holiday Season: No Time To Sin - Rabbi Moishe Lichtenstein's new installment of Water-Cooler Questions. To send in a question of …

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For Life

Remember Us For Life The King Who Desires Life. Presented by Rabbi Yosef Grossman, OU Director of Kosher Education and host …

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Teshuva Will Out!

Teshuva Will Out! - The next installment of Memorializing the Murdered through the Teachings of their Master.

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The Year of the Flying Sukkah

This story took place close to a decade ago. Although it's about a flying Sukkah, it really began about a week …
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A Sweet New Year

We dip in honey for a sweet new year - so a trip to the bee farm and the honey factory …
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Nefesh HaChaim: A Torah Scholar Who Strays

Shaar 4:Chpt 24 - After showing all the wonderful results for learning Torah, the Nefesh HaChaim brings sources to show the …

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The OU is Not Endorsing Obama

An internet video produced under the name "Israelis for Obama" is circulating. Among the footage of various Israelis speaking in support …
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Mishnas Chayim - Yom Kippur: Spiritual Zenith

"Let Us Contemplate... the Holiness of This Day" Yom Kippur. The most sublime and holy time of year; the awesome Day …

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The Sleepless Sermon for Yom Kipur

Seize the Moment

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Good Nights: Resolving Bedtime and Sleep Issues

Good Nights: Resolving Bedtime and Sleep Issues - Learn the easy way to get your kids get into bed and stay …

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Elul Thoughts: Part III

Elul Thoughts: Part III - Third in a series on thoughts for the month of Elul by Rochi Lerner, host of …

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You DO Have a Prayer

As we get ready for Yom Kippur, I have a question: What is Kol Nidre all about? Why do we say …
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Rosh Hashana is Not Groundhog’s Day

I have two unique talents. I can close my eyes and fall asleep within 10 seconds, and once asleep, I can …
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A Rosh Hashana Prayer from Sderot

One of the most powerful prayers of the entire high holidays is found not before the sounding of the shofar of …
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RRRUSH HaShana

Let's try a two-step but still one-pan tongue-tingling savory-sweet Japanese-Meets-Bistro fusion dish that's easy'n'elegant...Chicken Honeyaki and Potage Crecy
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Make Ahead Meals for Rosh Hashana

The High Holidays carry an air of solemnity, but it is also a happy, hopeful time...a time to rejoice, and to …
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Rosh Hashana: Recipes Beneath the Apple Tree

Why do we specifically dip an apple in honey on Rosh Hashanah? One of the primary reasons why we use an …
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Beginner’s Services

The OU has compiled a partial list of High Holiday Beginner's Services.
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Something Sweet, Something Savory: Recipes for Rosh Hashana

It has the most perfect flavor of tartness and sweetness on your tongue... If it’s too spicy or tart, it will …
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A Jumble of Holidays

Rosh Hashana... Shabbat... Yom Kippur... Shabbat... Sukkot... Shabbat... Simchat Torah... Shemini Atzeret... Shabbat. It’s tough to plan and prepare so many …
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Rosh Hashana: A Meal With Merit - Pomegranate Recipes

Some Rosh Hashana themed recipes to get you cooking - Egg challah, Fruit and pomegranate chicken...
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Freeze With Ease For Your High Holiday Celebrations

As the Jewish Holidays approach..The number one question on everyone’s lips is “Does it freeze?” The second question...
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OU National Convention

Show support for the city of Jerusalem, an undivided Jerusalem, and join the OU there for their national convention. Hear from …
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Defending Jerusalem

For 40 years, Jerusalem has been undivided, free to all faiths, and prospering as the capital of Israel. Learn the latest …
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The Children of Sderot Need Our Help

Sderot is a war zone. The daily bombardment of Kassam rockets from the area that was once Gush Katif continues unabated. …
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You can still learn from The Rav

Special book offer: The Rav left behind a rich collection of manuscripts, many of which are now being published in the …
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Find Job Opportunities Here

OU Job Board and ParnossahWorks are designed with YOU in mind. Find the job you're looking for and the help you …
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Torah Learning

Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer - Why is Sukkot Different?
Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer - Why is Sukkot Different?

The Torah reading for the first two …
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OU Torah Tidbits

Parshat Ha'azinu 5769
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Rabbi Yaacov Haber - Yom Kippur
Rabbi Yaacov Haber - Yom Kippur

Teshuvah - Bringing Out the Beauty of …
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