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Parshat Naso   |   candle lighting times   |   donate Watch Recap: The OU Women's Initiative Lay Leadership Summit Women's Initiative The OU Women's Initiative hosted a Lay Leadership Summit in early May, in which women engaged in innovative sessions with leaders, learned practical skills and developed their personal leadership style. Session topics ranged from how to run a meeting to how to fundraise to how to build a great team. Watch Video Recap PARSHAT NASO June 2-3, 2023 / 14 Sivan 5783   HAFTARAH Judges 13:2-25 Around the OU OU Mourns the Passing of HaRav Gershon Edelstein zt"l Orthodox Union Rav Gershon was recognized as the preeminent leader of the Haredi community in Israel and served as the Rosh Hayeshiva of the Ponevezh Yeshiva in Bnei Brak, where he taught for more than seventy years. 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