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ISRAEL

Bringing Torah to Life in Har Bracha

There are many words that come to mind when describing Jewish communities deep within the Shomron; “pragmatic” is not one of them. Yet Har Bracha, more than any other yishuv…

ISRAEL

A Chareidi Zionist Moshav: Moshav Matityahu

It is easy to overlook Moshav Matityahu. It is located on a strategic hill that overlooks Ben-Gurion Airport, across the road from Hashmonaim, a Modern Orthodox suburb that is popular…

ALIYAH

In the Footsteps of the Maccabees

In 2003, my wife, daughter and I spent the summer in Israel. We had already made aliyah, but had temporarily moved back to the US. On a whim, we checked…

FAITH

What Does It Take to Build an Orthodox Community on Campus?

  Start a child upon his path, even when he ages he will not stray from it” (Mishlei 22:6). This verse, in its straightforward meaning (and as expounded by Rabbi…

INSIDE THE OU

Eruv on Campus: The Sign of An Active Orthodox Community

JLIC Spearheads Efforts to Enhance Campus Communities A vibrant Orthodox campus community used to mean the availability of kosher food, a minyan that meets more than once a week and…

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Sometime in the latter part of the 19th century, Rabbi Yosef Dov Soloveitchik, the Brisker Rav and great-grandfather of the…

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$1.1 Million Gift Dedicated to New Home for Sderot’s Youth

Upon visiting Sderot in 2019 and learning about the myriad physical and emotional challenges affecting the city’s youth as a…

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Man of G-d: Remembering Rabbi Moshe Hauer

Rabbi Hauer used this mindset and framework to believe in everyone’s potential, even those whom others didn’t believe in—or those who didn’t believe in…

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