President's Message
Ever since I assumed the presidency of the Orthodox Union in November 2004, one of my major priorities has been…
Soul searching can, at times, be a difficult process. But we are fortunate that Hashem gives us the ability to…
Making Welcoming Shuls With assimilation and intermarriage threatening to destroy the fabric of the Jewish people, it’s time to be…
Serving as the voice and representative of hundreds of thousands of Orthodox Jews is a responsibility that I take very…
A New Course of Action In the aftermath of the disengagement from Gush Katif, it became apparent that many OU…
As I conclude my first term as president of the Orthodox Union and, with God’s help, look forward to my…
As I write this on Rosh Chodesh Av, the first of the Nine Days, I recognize that by the time…
The winning programs come from large and small communities and from large and small synagogues, and range from political action…
It was my privilege to represent the Orthodox Union at a meeting of communal leaders from Israel and the Diaspora…
The crisis in Israel continues unabated. The Hebrew word for crisis is mashber, from the root shin-bet-resh, lishbor, which means…
As we are now in the season of teshuvah, the theme of cheshbon hanefesh [introspection] abounds throughout the Jewish world.…
