OU Kosher Staff

Mission Not Impossible: The Kosher Jew in a Non-Kosher Milieu

It is well-known that when Robert A. Heinlein entitled his most famous novel, “Stranger in a Strange Land,” he adopted a phrase from the book of Exodus. Very often, the kosher consumer feels like a stranger in a strange land. Whether it’s an executive in a hotel during a business trip, or a Ba’al Teshuvah in his parents’ home, kosher consumers must sometimes navigate their way in a nonkosher kitchen. The purpose of this presentation is to offer some points of guidance to those faced with such challenges.

Nothing Fishy Here! OU Releases “The Kosher Fish Primer” DVD

Nothing Fishy Here! OU Releases ‘The Kosher Fish Primer’ DVD To Clarify Issues Of What Makes These Creatures Kosher

OU KOSHER Releases Educational DVD Containing 91 Harry H. Beren ASK OU Kashrut Presentations

If you “ASK OU” Kosher about the intricacies of kashrut, you are going to get a very substantial answer, almost 55 hours worth.

That became perfectly clear today as the Orthodox Union Kosher Division announced the release of a DVD containing 91 presentations of ASKOU programs –kashrut education seminars presented by OU Kosher and made possible by a grant from the Harry H. Beren Foundation of Lakewood, NJ, in memory of Harry H. Beren z”l. Played end to end, the DVD would provide 25 hours of video and 29 hours of audio presentations.

OU KOSHER to Present Mesorah Conference IV on Perspectives of Eretz Yisrael at Lander College

OU Kosher To Present Mesorah Conference IV, On Perspectives of Eretz Yisrael at Lander College, June 15
OU Kosher will provide a halachic, historic and archeological perspective of Eretz Yisrael, the Land of Israel, Jerusalem, the Temple Mount and the special mitzvot that are connected to this holy land when it presents Kedushas Ha’Aretz and its Mitzvos, Sunday, June 15 from 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p. m. at Lander College in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens.

Tevilas Keilim: Commercial and Private

Tevilas Keilim: Commercial and Private – Rabbi Elimelech Lebowitz – Recorded on August 11, 2006 at OU world Headquarters in NY,NY as part of the Harry H. Beren Ask OU8 Kashruth Internship Program.

Technical Issues in the Production of Cheese and Whey

Technical Issues in the Production of Cheese and Whey – Presented by Rabbi Avrohom Gordimer as part of the ASK OUTREACH program. Recorded at Mesivta Tiferes Yerusholayim on February 12, 2008.

ASK OUTREACH Divrei Chizuk from Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky

ASK OUTREACH Divrei Chizuk given by HaGaon Rav Shmuel Kamenetsky, Shlita to OU Kosher RC’s at OU World Headquarters in NY, NY on March 3, 2008. Greetings by Rabbi Yosef Grossman, Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb and Rabbi Menachem Genack precede Divrei Chizuk.

Complexities of Keeping a Kosher Kitchen

OU Kosher Presents Webcast On Complexities Of Keeping A Kosher Kitchen, With Rabbi Yisroel Belsky And Rabbi Hershel Schachter, May 29

OU Kosher’s China Syndrome

OU Kosher’s China Syndrome, or How I Traveled to Shanghai to Promote the World’s Most Popular Kashrut Symbol And Experienced a Shabbat To Remember

OU to Present 3 Week Hands-On Program in Kashrut Education in June to Rabbinical Students at YU

The OU Goes to YU: OU To Present 3 Week Hands-On Program In Kashrut Education In June to Rabinnical Students at Yeshiva University Seminary, RIETS

Students preparing for the rabbinate at Yeshiva University will learn firsthand the intricacies of kosher certification from June 2-19 when the Orthodox Union brings its Harry H. Beren ASK OUTREACH Community Kashrut program to YU’s Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) for three weeks of seminars and site visits.