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Orthodox Union Director of Public Affairs Maury Litwack introduces Gov. Hochul at last week's event at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan.

OU lauds Hochul as NYS security funds flow

Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan last Wednesday to announce an increase in state funding to help secure communities against hate crimes. “This place … more

10/14/21

Jews pray at Meron on the eve of Tisha B’Av, on Aug. 10, 2019.

OU’s Tisha B’Av event eyes recent tragedies

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

7/16/21

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, Alternate Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Yair Lapid, President Reuven Rivlin and ministers pose for a group photo of the country’s 36th government, at the President’s Residence in Jerusalem on June 14.

US groups, some cautiously, cheer new Israeli government

Following a vote of confidence in the Knesset on Sunday, leaders of American organizations with an interest in Israel sent congratulations to the new democratically elected Israeli leaders while … more

By Dmitriy Shapiro, JNS | 6/17/21

Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph, executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Orthodox Union.

Joseph of Lawrence new Exec VP-COO of OU

The Orthodox Union has appointed Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph of Lawrence as its executive vice president and chief operating officer. Rabbi Joseph will work alongside the OU’s recently appointed … more

7/9/20

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is introduced at an Orthodox Union lobbying event at the state Capitol in Albany on March 1, 2017.

OU’s Fagin weighs pandemic’s Orthodox impact

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

By Shira Hanau, JTA | 7/2/20

Woodmere’s Fagin retires from the Orthodox Union

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

By Jeffrey Bessen, Herald Newspapers | 7/2/20

It’s a Supreme win: Ruling says Jewish schools can’t be ignored

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

By Shira Hanau, JTA | 7/2/20

OU and RCA issue statements on death of George Floyd and the ongoing protests

We are saddened, sickened, and outraged to have seen another broadcast video of an African American man dying at the hands of police officers. … more

By the Orthodox Union | 6/1/20

Men pray while keeping distance from each other outside their closed synagogue in Netanya, Israel, on April 23.

Rabbis mull return to shul

When Rabbi Moshe Hauer last week told Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top health adviser, that synagogues wouldn’t let congregants sit within 8 feet of each other once services resume, he was previewing a set of formal guidelines that the organization he helps lead, the Orthodox Union, would release just a day later. … more

By Marcy Oster, JTA | 5/13/20

OU and RCA publish detailed guidance on the eventual reopening of shuls

With an eye on the eventual reopening of shuls, the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America issued a detailed statement on Friday afternoon listing 13 “principles that should … more

By the OU and RCA | 5/8/20