Editor Nechama Carmel speaks with thirty-seven-year-old Rabbi Itay Meushar from Ma’ale Adumim, Israel who has been leading the Ashkenazic community in Peru for the past…
Fall 2012 (5773)
Weighing In on Obesity in the Frum Community
This past June, more than sixty professional women attended the OU’s inaugural event of the Executive Leadership Network, which featured a lively and engaging panel…
Jewish Action won two first-place Simon Rockower Awards at the recent 2012 Annual Conference of the American Jewish Press Association in Philadelphia. The awards ceremony,…
The publication of Dr. Yocheved Debow’s book is a cause for celebration in the Orthodox Jewish community. For parents and educators, whose job is about…
Let me tell you about Sam (not his real name), whose story was sent to me by one of our on-campus JLIC (the OU’s Seif…
It’s 4:00 am and Rabbi Moshe Elefant, COO of OU Kosher and executive rabbinic coordinator, rises to begin another day. Aside from managing the day-to-day…
Yachad member Zev Diamond, who is in his twenties, marched proudly in the Israel Day Parade this past summer. But he didn’t have to wait…
Children (5-13) • Enforce the age requirements for sites. Children must be at least thirteen to join Facebook. • Have your children share their passwords…
Technology is changing faster today than at any other time in history. These developments affect our lives in many wonderful, and sometimes not-so-wonderful, ways. As…
“The more connected we become, the lonelier we are,” laments the author of “Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?,” a fascinating article that recently appeared in…
