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By Cary A. Friedman Losing a job is never a pleasant or easy or pleasant experience. A job plays a variety of different roles in our lives. Some of those roles are healthy; others are not. Many people...
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By Tamar Snyder In the not too distant past, three frum children—ages nine, twelve, and fifteen—shuffled into the Masbia kosher soup kitchen in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn. Despite the warm...
View ArticleThe OU: Getting You and Your Community Politically Involved
For years, the Orthodox Union has advocated on behalf of the Jewish community. From lobbying influential politicians to issuing policy briefs and holding policy conferences, the OU’s Institute for...
View ArticleBe Your Own Lobbyist: How to Speak Up For Your Community
Until recently, the vast majority of frum families in the US were concentrated in a fairly small number of cities and suburbs. Today, thanks to growing numbers—and a welcome decline in...
View ArticleEthics at Work
By Aaron Levine This article originally appeared in the Winter 2005 issue of Jewish Action. In the early 1940s, Rabbi Eliyahu HaKohen Dushnitzer, the mashgiach of the Lomza Yeshiva in Petach Tikvah,...
View ArticleGrowing a Tree of Knowledge: Nechama Salfer
By Avigayil Perry Lying in her hospital bed while recovering from a life-threatening emergency C-section, Nechama (Nicki) Salfer gazed at a tree outside the window. Her then-five-year-old daughter and...
View ArticleDappling in Cleaning Formulas : Tamar Rosenthal & Dana Rubinstein
By Avigayil Perry Growing numbers of Orthodox women from across the spectrum of Orthodoxy are using their ambition, ingenuity and creativity to launch successful businesses of their own. Why am I using...
View ArticleMaking Your Dream House Come True: Chaya Ruchi Gross
By Avigayil Perry Growing numbers of Orthodox women from across the spectrum of Orthodoxy are using their ambition, ingenuity and creativity to launch successful businesses of their own. “Choose a job...
View ArticleBuilding a Community of Women: Chaya Fishman
By Avigayil Perry Growing numbers of Orthodox women from across the spectrum of Orthodoxy are using their ambition, ingenuity and creativity to launch successful businesses of their own. The seeds of...
View ArticleThe New Entrepreneur
Why the entrepreneurial spirit is alive and well and booming in the Orthodox community The recession of 2008 may have left thousands of Orthodox Jews out of work, but apparently not out of hope. Rather...
View ArticleVictory at the Polls: OU Mobilizes New Yorkers To Approve The Smart Schools...
For Election Day 2014, one question before Jewish New York voters was: Do you want New York Jewish day schools and yeshivahs to get tens of millions of dollars from the state for classroom technology?...
View ArticleThe Ethics of Hiring and Firing
Starting in late 2007, the United States, together with much of the world, suffered a steep recession. While the economy began to recover in 2009, growth has not translated into new jobs. Two...
View ArticleLosing Your Job Without Losing Yourself
By Cary A. Friedman Losing a job is never a pleasant or easy or pleasant experience. A job plays a variety of different roles in our lives. Some of those roles are healthy; others are not. Many people...
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