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By Talya AdlerA very special Bnei-Mitzvah celebrationIf you have had the pleasure of visiting Masada, you probably remember waking up at dawn to hike its steep cliff or perhaps you recall the dramatic story of its former inhabitants. For OU Israel Free Spirit: Birthright Israel participants, Masada will be...

Celebrating Chanuka OU Israel Style OU Israel marked the 7th day of Chaunka with a truly unique Chanuka celebration. OU Israel staff sat alongside family and friends to commemorate not only the Chag but also the incredible accomplishments that the OU Israel staff achieve on a daily basis.     Audience members...

This past September a very special flight touched down at Ben Gurion airport. Aboard were members of the ancient Jewish community in India known as the Bnei Menashe. After 2,700 years our brothers have finally returned home. From the airport many of these Olim embarked on their new lives...

Written by  Laura Ben David (director of marketing of Shavei Israel) It’s been more than a year since I fell in love with a special people known as the Bnei Menashe. Hailing from Northeast India, it is for Israel that they long. Believed to be descended of the Lost...

Welcome to the OU Israel Historic Mission and Adventure to India.  India is a  massive subcontinent with diverse terrain and varied population with something for everyone.  This unique Jewish tour of Jewish India is a combination of historical Jewish scholarship with sojourns to out of the way, unusual communities. ...

Hear the word “Israel” and images of stabbings and attacks on innocent lives immediately come to mind during these trying times. Jews all over the world are concerned with how their friends, relatives and even people they have not met in Israel are coping. It is amidst “the recent...

  Written by  Anita Shafran I was fortunate to celebrate this past Pesach in Israel together with my daughter Sara. We spent the Chag with my daughter Shelley, who made Aliyah twelve years ago. Rabbi Avi Berman (Executive Director, OU Israel) brought us to Kiryat Shmoneh, where Sara made Mezuzot with...