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Best Wishes for a Joyous Pesach חג כשר ושמח May You, Your Family and Friends enjoy the Holiday of Freedom. May this be a holiday of אחדות ואהבת ישראל Unity and Love for Am Yisrael PLEASE NOTE: The OU Israel Center will be closed during Pesach. Our regular activities will resume on Tuesday April 22...

Reprinted from www.ou.org With a simple command, God makes clear that teaching is fundamental to our observance of Passover. Fundamental and obligatory. I must teach my son, my children, of the great miracle God performed in delivering me from slavery. Not only must I teach, but my teaching must be...

OU Israel and Megalim, the City of David Institute present a six session course with lectures and tours. David HaMelech is one of the most fascinating figures in Jewish history. Revered as a warrior and statesman, he was also a poet, musician and a man of intense spirituality. This course...

In early March Rabbi Menachem Genack, CEO of OU Kosher and Rabbi Moshe Elefant, the COO were invited by the Jewish community to visit Spain. During their visit they met with community leaders and government officials. As a result one new Spanish company has applied for OU certification. Rabbi Genack...

“When I grew up, when it came to Israel, every Jewish kid knew who the players were,” says Steve Eisenberg who recently led a group for Israel Free Spirit (IFS), the OU’s Taglit-Birthright Israel program. “They knew Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan,” he says. And they knew about “the...

These tiyulim are for men only. All tours include a light lunch and entrance fees, great tour guides and air conditioned buses. Register with the OU Israel Travel Desk 02-560-9110 or 050-230-0477. Off the Beaten Track in Nahal Og Wednesday, April 2, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. See the streams that flow...

Ya'acov Braun celebrates after running the 10 km (6 mi) route in the Jerusalem Marathon on March 21. Braun ran with 18 classmates from Jerusalem's Hartman High School. Team Yachad Jerusalem runners pose after completing the Jerusalem Marathon. Altogether the 250 runners -- including six Yachad Israel members -- raised...