There are two photos on my iPhone that I am careful never to delete: one is Rabbi Nosson Tzvi Finkel’s high school graduation photo. Rabbi…
Summer 2016(5776)
The Art of Advocacy: Maury Litwack
More than 650 people from throughout the Northeast attended the highly-anticipated Thirtieth Annual Northeast Yachad Family Shabbaton, held this past April at the Crowne Plaza…
Building a Jewish community is no small feat. Especially when it’s on a college campus. Yet this is the goal of a relatively new initiative…
July 4, 1976: Americans were jubilantly celebrating the bicentennial with fireworks, nautical parades and a visit from Queen Elizabeth bearing a replica of the Liberty…
As part of its ongoing initiative to strengthen the OU presence in the Southeast region, Synagogue Services Southeast conducted an inaugural rabbinical retreat in May…
This past May, the OU Department of Community Engagement warmly welcomed Congregation Beth Gavriel/Bukharian Jewish Center of Forest Hills, New York as a new OU…
Shul lay leaders from throughout the Greater New York area gathered in downtown Manhattan this past March for a day of skill building and leadership…
“What’s a nice Jewish boy from Brooklyn doing in the US Air Force?” You’ll have to ask Rabbi Alan Kalinsky, Director of the OU’s West…
Making summer a meaningful and transformative experience in a young person’s life is the mantra of NCSY Summer. No wonder it keeps growing. This past…
This past March, 150 NCSYers from regions across the country gathered at the Washington D.C. Convention Center to attend the annual AIPAC Policy Conference.
