Groups still coming to help with Nashville flood cleanup Latest volunteers are Jewish teens from New Jersey Written by Julie Hubbard 5:06 PM, Nov. 9, 2011 Volunteers from across the country continue to visit Nashville to help with cleanup from widespread flooding that happened more than a year ago. A delegation of Jewish teenagers from
November 01, 2011 OU West Coast: Dr. Pelcovitz on ‘Raising a Mentch’ OU WEST COAST ADDRESSES ‘PSYCHOLOGY OF RAISING A MENTCH,’ FEATURING DR. DAVID PELCOVITZ OF YESHIVA UNIVERSITY The OU West Coast Region, based in Los Angeles, presented Dr. David Pelcovitz, Straus Professor of Psychology and Education at Yeshiva University's Azrieli Graduate School, for an
David Olivestone, editor of the small, popular booklet, added that it was a "great privilege for us at the OU and NCSY to be able to help our troops celebrate Shabbat and Yom Tov, and to bolster their observance of Judaism in this way." >> Read More
Every morning, I read the news and see articles about an earthquake, a hurricane, or another natural disaster affecting an area that is struggling to get back on its feet. I often feel a strong desire to jump on a plane to go help. This initial feeling is followed by a reminder of how helpless
I think I did it now for two immediate reasons: one is a particular rabbi, Rabbi Menachem Genack (OU Kosher) from New York and New Jersey, whom I study with regularly. I told him once I wanted to do this and he kept nudging me, so ultimately I did it. >>Read More
Josh Pruzansky, Orthodox Union's New Jersey Regional director of Public Policy, earned applause when he said that every child should be entitled to equal funding. "We live in the highest property taxed state in the USA. Sixty percent of your property tax money is earmarked towards education and goes towards public schools, but very little
Jewish charities receive nearly three-quarters of grants handed out by the Department of Homeland Security to help nonprofit organizations defend themselves from terrorist attacks, according to The Forward, a newspaper that covers Jewish issues. A review by the newspaper found that from 2007 to 2010, 73.7 percent of the 995 awards from the Nonprofit Security