Hey Hesh, Interesting thing came up in my community and I was wondering what your take on it would be. My community is going to have someone who is transgender speak about her/his issues in a speech to take place…
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OU finally bans quinoa on Pesach
Quinoa has finally been banned to eat on Pesach, ending a debate that has lasted years and any need for vague statements on the grain that supposedly isn’t really a grain. It wasn’t expected that everyone in the OU would…
One hechsher is not enough anymore
When’s the last time you actually bought something with one hechsher on it? If you answered recently, you probably aren’t that frum. The sad truth of the matter is that products with one hechsher just aren’t kosher enough anymore. Never…
OU sponsors Long Island wife swapping event
Sisterhood of Great Neck Synagogue and the Orthodox Union cordially invite you to: A Couples Night Out Intimacy in Marriage …Maintaining that Romantic Spark Over Time and trying new things with other people. Guest Speaker: Rachel Pill, LCSW Free Admission…
Where is the Achdus?
Author wished to remain anonymous: How many electricians does it take to screw in a light bulb? That’s an old joke, yet when we think of the kashrus industry, it has certain parallels. Let’s examine the kashrus hashgocha industry in…
What will the next frum community crisis be?
First we had the kids at risk crisis, then the bugs in the water crisis, then there were bugs in everything healthy, green and leafy crisis, the Indian hair sheitle crisis, the shidduch crisis, the visiting day crisis, the yeshiva…
OU holds dying communities fair
For the third year in a row, the OU is holding a dying communities fair to lure poor New Yorkers to the rust belt in search of a better life, cheaper tuition and really low property values. For many people,…
OU admits that Jewish teens have sex
It’s real nice to see that at orthodox organization is approaching the idea of abstinence, whether or not I agree or disagree is not the point, the point is that they have enough balls to acknowledge that unmarried folks in…
Toyota is now considered kosher
Thank you Sarah for tagging me in this picture on Facebook – I thought I had seen it all, but I guess not. Oh and check out this hilarious comment someone left on facebook: A few years ago my son…
Why the OU is opposed to same-sex marriage
This quote from the OU is priceless! “In addition to our religious values — which we do not seek to impose on anyone — we fear legal recognition of same-sex ‘marriage’ poses a grave threat to the fundamental civil right…
OU Calls for Immediate Ban on Shul Candymen
By Harris S. Judah The Orthodox Union is continuing to take a serious look at the social implications of some ever-popular shul practices now indigenous in many modern orthodox synagogues and elsewhere, and calling on all member congregations nationwide to…