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OPINION

The Making of a Mensch: Lessons from Tiger Mom

Psychologist Ivan Lerner argues that “Tiger Mom” may have a point after all As an educator and a clinical psychologist for the past thirty-five years, I found the debate generated…

NEW BOOKS FROM OU PRESS

The Koren Mesorat HaRav Siddur, Berman Edition

Truly historic publishing events, those that stand the test of time, rarely occur. The Koren Mesorat HaRav Siddur, featuring the commentary of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik, “the Rav,” is one…

INSIDE THE OU

Jerusalem Day Concert Supports Work of Zula

More than 800 friends and supporters of the Seymour J. Abrams Orthodox Union Jerusalem World Center attended a concert to support the Center’s programs this past Yom Yerushalayim. Featuring some…

INSIDE THE OU

OU Leaders on the Hill

This past June, national leaders of the OU gathered in Washington, DC for the annual Leadership Mission organized by the OU’s Institute for Public Affairs (IPA). Over the course of…

INSIDE THE OU

OU Celebrates Israel at the Parade

Every year, the OU has a great crowd of hundreds of staff members, lay leaders, Yachad members, NCSYers and many others who march with us in the Celebrate Israel Parade up Fifth…

9/11

Remembering 9/11

When the terror attack occurred, Avremel was fifty-five; his friend Ed, a quadriplegic, was forty-two. Both worked at Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield as program analysts on the 27th floor of…

9/11

Reflections on 9/11

“The great tragedy of life,” Kierkegaard wrote, “is that it must be lived forward and can only be understood backwards.”

9/11

Nancy Morgenstern, a”h: Remembering a Life of Joy, Faith and Passion

Nancy Morgenstern, a”h: Remembering a Life of Joy, Faith and Passion As told to Bayla Sheva Brenner Nancy Morgenstern, a vibrant thirty-two-year-old Orthodox woman, was one of the thousands of…