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Great Summer Reads

"I picked up the book, all 550-or-so pages of it, settled into an overstuffed sofa in my host’s living room, and didn’t put it down until I finished reading every…

Letters – Summer 2020

An Upbeat Seder I want to thank you for making my yom tov seudos upbeat and thoughtful. I might have been the guest of honor at my corona solo Seder,…

From Our Archives: Shavuot

“It’s a journey— the day you convert is the first day of a very long journey.”  Just in time for Shavuos, we dug up a few articles from our archives…

Share Your COVID-19 Achdut Story!

Jewish Action is collecting  inspirational stories of how the coronavirus is leading to greater achdut and chesed within our community. Please send all ideas to ja@ou.org.

The Next Frontier in Jewish Law: Artificial Intelligence

With the emerging field of artificial intelligence (AI) becoming increasingly relevant to our everyday lives, what will it's impact be on halachah?

Faith and Family: When a Child Leaves the Fold – A Symposium

How should parents respond when their child is no longer religious? 

Letters – Spring 2020

THE DAF IN THE DIGITAL AGE   Thank you for your article on the digital world of the Daf Yomi (“The Daf in the Digital Age” [winter 19]). However, I would like to…

In Their Own Words: How Daf Yomi Has Changed Lives

I was injured in a terrorist attack in 2001. Since then, I have been paralyzed from the waist down and confined to a wheelchair. It is important for my health to spend…