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Brown V. Board of Education: An Orthodox Cause?

Sixty years after Brown v. Board of Education, remembering Orthodox Jewry and the Civil Rights Movement In December 1958, Rabbi…

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Jewish Genealogy: The Journey to Oneself

My mother’s death brought to life a disturbing realization. Although she will always be the precious woman I call “Mommy,”…

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RABBI MEIR BAR-ILAN: FORGOTTEN PIONEER OF JEWISH ACTIVISM

With the recent celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Mizrachi Religious Zionists of America, we highlight the life of…

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The Riddle of the Shushan Gate

The 70 long years of the Babylonian exile had ended.  Darius, the benevolent Persian king, son of Queen Esther and…

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Lights of Redemption

Once Buried in Warsaw, These Menorot Are Now on Display in Jerusalem In May of 1943, SS General Jürgen Stroop…

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The Guru of Kashrut: Rabbi Alexander S. Rosenberg and the Transformation of Kosher Certification in America

If you had asked someone a hundred years ago to name the defining characteristic of kashrut in America, they would…

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Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein: The Pioneering Rabbi

What was it like to be an Orthodox rabbi in America a century ago? By Aaron I. Reichel Much of…

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Rebels in the Holy Land

Sam Finkel, inspired by what he learned when visiting the Eran Shamir Village Museum of Mazkeret Batya during a tour…

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Rabbi Herbert S. Goldstein: A Powerful Voice of Tradition

Since its establishment in 1898, the OU has had one overriding goal: to strengthen and fortify traditional Jewry. Over the…

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Responsa From the Holocaust

A selection of responsa from Rabbi Ephraim Oshry, the spiritual leader of the Kovno Ghetto during the Holocaust.

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On Calendars And the Holocaust

By Avraham Rosen Digitally adjusted image of the calendar Rabbi Yehoshua Neuwirth, author of Shemirat Shabbat Kehilchata, created when he…

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