When Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb took the reins at the Orthodox Union in 2002, observers took note of the fact that the new executive vice-president of the centrist congregational umbrella group was fond of wearing a black hat of the sort popular in more religiously right-leaning precincts. Now that Weinreb is wrapping up his tenure,…
It took only three weeks, but finally PM Olmert’s office responded to the Orthodox Union’s letter voicing the group’s concern over talk about dividing Jerusalem. Olmert’s letter promises that the “issue of Jerusalem is currently not under negotiations with the Palestinians” and that in any future settlement, the PM will “strengthen the Jewish character of…
“Absolutely marvelous news in the world of vodka!” read a press release issued by the Orthodox Union late last month. In what the group called an “absolutely significant” move, the O.U. announced that six products in the Absolut Vodka line had received kosher certification and that the O.U. symbol soon will be gracing the vodka’s…
אין זײַן ניט־פֿאַרעפֿנטלעכער לעצטער דראַמע „בן עמי“ האָט גאָלדפֿאַדן אױסגעלײגט אַ פּלאַן פֿאַר ייִדן צו פֿאַרנעמען ארץ־ישׂראל
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