Maury Litwack, the director of state political affairs at the Orthodox Union, has over fourteen years of public policy and political experience. In his role…
Summer 2016(5776)
The Art of Advocacy: Maury Litwack
Poignant recollections of the OU Kosher posek for nearly three decades, composed by Rabbi Belsky’s colleagues and friends at the OU.
The petirah of Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky was a tragedy for the Jewish world at large as well as for our close-knit OU community. We…
Rosh yeshivah, maggid shiur, rav, ba’al tefillah, mohel. Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky, zt”l, held all of these titles as well as one more: posek for…
Rabbi Belsky was someone who fought for the truth; he never gave a thought to how popular his position would be, or what others would…
Rabbi Chaim Yisroel Belsky was not your conventional gadol. A gadol, by definition, is someone larger than life. Rabbi Belsky was not just a “larger-than-life”…
Like any boy raised on Brooklyn Dodgers turf, he loved to play ball and ping-pong and roller skate. But that didn’t stop him from becoming…
What does it mean to be a woman with a leadership role in the Orthodox community?
My job offers the ultimate professional fulfillment. The Jewish ideal is to be a lifelong learner and to continuously be involved with things that nourish…
We live in an age where women are more learned than ever before. Women want to be challenged to think, and they appreciate the intellectual…
