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Ask the OU Rabbis Prog in S.FL Enlightens and Entertains
The show must go on….and on: Rabbis Chaim Loike (left) and Dovid Jenkins continue to answer questions following their presentations at the Ask the OU Rabbis session in South Florida.
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OU Poskim in Great Neck for ASK OU Prog, 2/12
In a great event in Great Neck, endorsed by 12 local synagogues, OU Kosher will present its two poskim (halachic decisors) -- Rav Hershel Schachter and Rav Yisroel Belsky -- as they bring their lifetime of Talmudic wisdom to the community in a wide-ranging presentation that will include an “ASK the OU Poskim” session. The ASK OU OUTREACH program, sponsored by the Harry H. Beren Foundation of Lakewood New Jersey, is open to the entire community, with free admission.
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MTJ, Lower East Side Yeshiva, Visits OU Kosher
The Mesivta Tiferes Jerusalem(MTJ) high school on the Lower East Side of Manhattan was the latest school to be OU Kosher’s guest for the Harry H. Beren VISIT OU program. The group, led by Menahel Rabbi Shaul Katz (center) and their rabbeim, met with Rabbi Menachem Genack, Chief Executive Officer of OU Kosher, and heard from OU posek Rav Yisroel Belsky, who spoke on what he had learned from the illustrious Rosh HaYeshiva of MTJ, Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l.
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OU Webcast with Poskim, “Let My People Know”
In this extra special video, OU Kosher Senior Poskim, Rabbi Yisroel Belsky and Rabbi Hershel Schachter, provided practical guidance on issues spanning the breadth and depth of Yahadut, in another OU Kosher Webcast recorded live at OU Headquarters on Tuesday, December 13.
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Now OU Kosher: VPlenish Taste-Free Vitamin Powder Packets
VPLENISH® packets, the world’s first completely taste-free, clearly dissolving vitamin powder announced today that they are now certified kosher by the Orthodox Union, the world’s largest and most respected kosher certification agency.
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Ask OU Advanced Women’s Seminar Explores Intricacies of Kashrut
The participants in the second OU Harry H. Beren Advanced Kashrut Seminar for Women, held immediately following Hurricane Irene, proved that they were a force of their own to be reckoned with. From Brooklyn to Quebec, Amherst, MA to Baltimore, they weathered traffic and flooding, using their precious time for one week to expand their knowledge of kashrut from the experts of OU Kosher.
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OU Kosher Publishes Manual on Fish Industry, 3rd in Series
In its continuing initiative to establish uniform standards for kosher certification, the Orthodox Union, the world’s largest and most respected certification agency, today announced the publication of the third in a series of manuals for different industries, this time, fish. It follows the publication of manuals for the kosher oil and baking industries, both of which now are in their second printings.
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Sloop Betty Vodka Now Certified OU Kosher
Blackwater Distilling™, Inc.’s flagship spirit, Sloop Betty Vodka, a wheat and sugar cane-based craft product, is now certified kosher by the Orthodox Union, the world’s largest and most respected kosher certification agency.
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OU Kosher Announces 2011 Nationwide Essay Contest Student Winners
The Orthodox Union Kosher Division today announced that eight students coast-to-coast have been named winners of the 2011 OU Kosher Essay Contest for grades 7-12.
