PARSHAT KORACH
June 27-28, 2025 / 2 Tammuz 5785 SPECIAL DAYS
The second day of Rosh Chodesh Tammuz is celebrated on Friday, June 27. | | |  FEATURED | | |  | | Renowned Israeli Journalist Amit Segal Addresses OU Board Live From Israel | Our Board of Directors had the privilege of hearing from Amit Segal, Israeli journalist and television personality, at its Strategy Summit on Thursday, June 26th. Amit shared his perspective on the current situation in Israel followed by a Q&A. Amit serves as chief political analyst for Israel's leading news outlet, Channel 12 News, and Israel's leading newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth. | | | | | |  | | Leading the Front Lines of Chesed | In this episode of Oh, You?, our EVP and COO, Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph, sits down with Rabbi Ethan Katz, national director of OU Relief Missions, whose 25+ year journey with the Orthodox Union began by becoming an NCSY advisor and now has him leading life-changing chesed missions across the country! From hurricane to tornado relief (and even one surprise alligator encounter), Rabbi Katz shares the importance of showing up where help is needed most and representing the Jewish people with dignity, compassion, and making a kiddush Hashem. | | | |  | | 10,000 Israeli Teens Need You Now | | OU Israel | When sirens sound and missiles strike, 10,000 at-risk Israeli teens turn to OU Israel for support they can't find anywhere else, especially after this recent war with Iran. With your support, we can prevent long-term emotional and spiritual damage and help these teens regain strength and hope. | | | |  AROUND THE OU | |  | | OU Advocacy | | Nonprofit Security Grant Program Gets Additional $30 Million | OU Advocacy welcomed Congress adding $30 million in funding for the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP), bringing the total to $335 million for 2026. OU Advocacy is continuing to push for even more funding to help meet the security needs of the Jewish community. | | Read More | | |  | | OU Women's Initiative | | Sing for Salvation | As those in Eretz Yisrael recover from recent events, gather the women of your community to call out to Hashem in song. We will provide you with the tools to create a meaningful kumsitz gathering for your community. | | Register Your Community | | |  UPCOMING EVENTS | | | SPIRIT | | SPIRIT Support Groups | Support Groups for Cancer and Chronic Pain Parkinson's Support Group | | | | |  TORAH | |  | | Rabbi Moshe Hauer | | When Light Alone Cannot Dispel the Darkness | Korach presented an internal Jewish conflict that had to be decisively addressed, and it was. The earth swallowed up the initiators of the insurrection, a fire incinerated 250 people who joined it, and a plague struck 14,700 others. | | Read More | | |  | | Rebbetzin Dr. Adina Shmidman | | Forever His | In this week's Haftorah, Shmuel HaNavi gives a timeless message of reassurance to the people of Israel. | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Dr. Norman Lamm zt"l | | Reenacting an Old Drama | The Sages of the Kabbala taught that the great battle between Moses and Korach had ancient roots. The struggle between these two, they say, was merely the reenactment of the old drama of the strife between Cain and Abel. | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks zt"l | | The Leader as Servant | "The whole community is holy… Why then do you set yourselves above the Lord's assembly?" Korach had a point. | | Read More | | |  | | Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh Weinreb | | An End to Envy | I'll share with you a rather extreme statement by an insightful, albeit unusual, rabbinic thinker of the early twentieth century, Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Tameres. "Briefly stated, war is the idolatry of modernity, which, as it progressed intellectually, retained war as a remnant from all other foolish idolatries." Harsh words, but words which command our attention. | | Read More | | | |
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