Bayla Sheva Brenner

JEWISH WORLD

Detroit: Motown’s Orthodox Revival

You would never know Detroit went bankrupt by the looks of two thriving frum communities close to the city. Oak Park and Southfield keep drawing scores of frum families to…

JEWISH WORLD

Rebuilding Oceanside In the Aftermath of Sandy

  Hurricane Sandy left the Oceanside, New York community, on the southern shore of Long Island, with many of its homes devastated and the Young Israel of Oceanside in shambles.…

INSIDE THE OU

Ready, Willing—and ABLE: Yachad Joins the Workforce

You wouldn’t normally think the lunch-hour crunch at a kosher eatery or a stop at your local CVS is inspiring. Think again. Note the young men and women with developmental…

INSIDE THE OU

OU Calendar Diehards and Proud of It

In the age of the iPhone, some people prefer to keep track of their appointments the old-fashioned way With the world wedded to every newfangled handheld device, one would think…

RELIGION

The Proba

View from the Candidate Along with semichah, rabbinic hopefuls need stamina. The road to the rabbinate entails interviews—lots of them. If he passes those, he’s on his way to “the…

INSPIRATION

What Does God Want of Me Now? Rabbi Yehuda Simes’ Courageous Journey

On the night of June 20th, 2010, a horrific car accident left Rabbi Yehuda Simes paralyzed from the neck down. Crushed by the ceiling of his minivan,

TRIBUTE

Gadol Makes Time for OU Kosher

                    Rav Elyashiv’s rulings continue to affect millions of OU Kosher consumers around the world. Got a kashrut question? You call…

INSIDE THE OU

OU Helps Obtain Homeland Security Grants for Jewish Institutions

Thanks, in part, to the aggressive efforts of the OU’s Institute for Public Affairs (IPA), the US Department of Homeland Security awarded $19 million in security grants to nonprofit institutions…