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  Published on Jul 23, 2015 The Essence of Tisha B'Av - Rabbi Zev Leff Shiur at the OU Israel Center -Yerushalayim.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qc0K87UktI&feature=youtu.be  

Rabbi Aryeh Stern was elected Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi of Yerushalayim on October 22, 2014. A student of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook, Rabbi Stern filled an 11-year vacancy that was created by the death of Rabbi Yitzhak Kolitz ז"ל in 2003. The chief editor of the Halacha Brura and Berur Halacha...

After OU Israel’s annual membership drive, the organization wanted to thank the members for their support. This year, on the seventh day of Chanukah there was a Members Tea. Of course they were served more than tea. Latkes and soufganiyot led off the menu. This year there are about 400...

THE OU ISRAEL CENTER WISHES ALL OF AM YISRAEL חג שמח  PLEASE NOTE: You can purchase Arba’ah Minim for Sukkot at the Israel Center on Monday and Tuesday, October 6-7. Proceeds support OU Israel programming. Candlelighting Erev Sukkot in Jerusalem: 5:40 PM Wednesday October 8 Motzaei Hag: 6:51 PM Thursday October 9 Shabbat...

By Rabbi Avi Berman, Executive Director, OU Israel During a recent visit to New York I stayed with friends in Manhattan. Having stayed with them numerous times, the doorman in their building knows me. One morning as I was leaving for the day, it was clear he wanted to say...

The summer of 2014 will no doubt be known as the Summer of the War in Gaza. But despite the war – or perhaps because of it -- for teens who participated in NCSY Summer Programs, they will remember it as the Best Summer Ever. NCSY is the international youth...