As day school advocates ramp up their push to win more state funding, a panel on the tuition crisis agreed on motzei Shabbat that yeshiva parents need to empower those advocates — by … more

For Orthodox Jewish advocacy groups, the last day of the US Supreme Court’s 2020 session brought a big win. On Tuesday, the high court handed school voucher proponents a victory in ruling … more

After two decades as a volunteer for the Orthodox Union and the past six years as the organization’s executive vice president, Woodmere resident Allen Fagin is retiring from a job for the … more

Summer can be a time of relaxing or slacking off for some students, but for 33 high school age girls and boys on NCSY—OU’s Jewish Overseas Leadership Training (JOLT) program, it was a summer of action, roller-coaster like emotional highs and lows, and spiritual and leadership growth. more

Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit the New York region in March, the Orthodox community was on edge. A surge in anti-Semitic incidents targeting visibly Orthodox Jews climaxed with an attack … more

This Sunday’s Orthodox Union Tisha B’Av program will focus on contemporary tragedies affecting the Jewish people as well as the destruction of the Temples and other calamities throughout … more

Voting practices called into question by concerned delegates By Menachem Gottlieb Issue of Dec. 19, 2008 / 22 Kislev 5769 The Orthodox Union held their national convention at the Ramada … more

Hundreds of Jewish day-school students from around New York State streamed into the legislative chambers in Albany last Tuesday to advocate for increased state education funding for private … more

The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America is calling on Congress to pass the Every Student Succeeds Act when it comes to the floor of the House of Representatives this week. This … more

Hundreds of parents and children from Jewish, Catholic, Muslim and other non-public schools joined on the steps of New York City Hall with dozens of City Council members on Wednesday to demonstrate … more