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The OU Kashrut Pesach Guide is a "must have" for anyone making Pesach in Israel. This includes people living in Israel as well as tourists coming for the holiday. Through the years OU-P has become the gold standard of hechsherim for Pesach. Now for the second year, there is an...

Camp Dror brings together kids going into grades 6-10 from all over the world. Register by April 4 for the Early Bird Discount. See Camp Dror website for details. The campers can tell you why Camp Dror is special. See the video. Campers' connection to Am Yisrael and Eretz Yisrael is...

Team Yachad Jerusalem runners from Hartman High School. Ya'acov Braun is in the front row, fifth from right. Of the estimated 25,000 runners expected to participate in this year’s Fourth Jerusalem Marathon on Friday March 21, about 6,000 are running for one of a variety of special causes.250 runners in this...

Megilas Lester is a full length animated feature film for the whole family. It depicts the fictional story of Doniel Lesterovitch ("Lester"), a boy whose imagination turns the Purim story upside down. Suddenly finding himself at the feast of King Achashverosh, Lester is ordered to summon Queen Vashti to...

Purim is known to be the time of year when everything gets mixed up. This year it was the weather. When three buses left the OU Israel Center in Yerushalayim the day before Ta’anit Esther (March 12), it was cold and raining. Two hours later when they arrived at the...

Posthumously Inducted into NCSY Ben Zakkai Honor Society When Anne Samson was killed in an automobile accident in Los Angeles during the summer of 2013, the Jewish world lost a very special individual. Anne was a dedicated wife, mother and grandmother who was always willing to give of her time,...