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Jewish Action, the quarterly magazine of the Orthodox Union, is a thought-provoking, insightful publication devoted to exploring trends, ideas and people important to Jewish life today.

Every month carries its own questions, challenges, and moments of meaning.Each Jewish Action issue captures the season i...
12/01/2025

Every month carries its own questions, challenges, and moments of meaning.
Each Jewish Action issue captures the season it lives in—through thoughtful journalism, Torah insight, community stories, and the conversations shaping Jewish life.

This Chanukah, give a gift that travels through the entire year.
A gift subscription to Jewish Action.
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Forty years ago, Jewish Action began asking a simple question with a complicated answer: What does it mean to live a tho...
11/25/2025

Forty years ago, Jewish Action began asking a simple question with a complicated answer: What does it mean to live a thoughtful, Torah-committed life in a changing world?

From the Cold War to Covid, from new technologies to new cultural realities, our pages have traced a community in constant motion.

This winter, we’re marking that journey.

Consider this your invitation to a milestone forty years in the making.

The Winter 2025 issue lands in your mailbox starting December 15.

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OUCommunity JAArchives MagazineMilestone #40 fourdecades

11/17/2025

In our newest episode of Jewish Action: The Podcast, Rabbi Gil Student continues his conversation with Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman about building Jewish life in smaller communities.

With heartfelt honesty, Rebbetzin Shmidman reflects on raising a frum family in Birmingham, Alabama—navigating non-kosher birthday parties, introducing “Yaakov Moshe” in a room full of “Virginia Beths,” and finding small, unexpected moments to create a kiddush Hashem along the way.

🎧 Building a Community: Stories from the Ground Up—out this Thursday, November 20, on all audio and video platforms.

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Today marks the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, zt”l . A scholar, philosopher and moral voice who transformed th...
11/11/2025

Today marks the yahrtzeit of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, zt”l .

A scholar, philosopher and moral voice who transformed the way a generation understood faith, community and responsibility.

Through his writing, teaching and leadership, Rabbi Sacks reminded us that Judaism is not only a heritage we receive but a calling to bring light, purpose and moral courage into the world.

His ideas continue to shape how we think, how we live and how we believe.

📎 Adapted from “A Living Legacy: the words of Rabbi Sacks from those he inspired,” the tribute marking the sheloshim of Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, zt”l, by The Rabbi Sacks Legacy on Youtube

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Tomorrow marks two years since October 7.732 days since the world changed.Forty-eight hostages, living and dead, remain ...
10/06/2025

Tomorrow marks two years since October 7.
732 days since the world changed.
Forty-eight hostages, living and dead, remain in Gaza.
May their suffering and captivity end soon. 🕯️🇮🇱
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🚫 Misconception: All leather items are prohibited on Yom Kippur and Tishah B’Av.✅ Fact: Only leather shoes are forbidden...
09/30/2025

🚫 Misconception: All leather items are prohibited on Yom Kippur and Tishah B’Av.

✅ Fact: Only leather shoes are forbidden. Belts, yarmulkes, jackets and other leather items may be worn. Some opinions even extend the prohibition to all protective footwear—but the halachah is more nuanced.

In “What’s the Truth about . . . Wearing Leather on Yom Kippur?” Rabbi Dr. Ari Z. Zivotofsky explores the sources behind this mitzvah and clarifies what’s truly prohibited.

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The kol shofar itself is a kiyum of tefillah, of calling out to Hashem at our time of supreme judgment. The shofar is bo...
09/21/2025

The kol shofar itself is a kiyum of tefillah, of calling out to Hashem at our time of supreme judgment.

The shofar is both precise halachah and a cry beyond words. It awakens us to teshuvah, uniting action with intention, body with soul.

On Rosh Hashanah, its blasts remind us: return, awaken and stand before Hashem in wholeness.

📖 “The Rav on the Significance of the Shofar” by Rabbi Dr. Stanley Boylan — featured in Jewish Action

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Meet Community BuildersWhat does it take to build a Jewish community?Look to the builders of Houston, Phoenix, Linden, S...
09/12/2025

Meet Community Builders

What does it take to build a Jewish community?
Look to the builders of Houston, Phoenix, Linden, Springfield, Cincinnati, Philadelphia, Memphis, and Ariel.

From BBQ fundraisers to day school budgets, these men and women have invested heart and soul into their communities.

What they all share: a deep determination to see their communities thrive.

📖 Who are these builders, and how did they do it? Discover their stories in our new issue.

Read the full issue online on 09.15.25

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