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Posted on September 8, 2026 in Press Releases
Orthodox Union Urges SCOTUS To Protect the Right To Pray At Home — Without Government Harassment

Orthodox Union Urges SCOTUS To Protect the Right To Pray At Home — Without Government Harassment WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (“Orthodox Union”)...

Posted on August 6, 2026 in Press Releases
Orthodox Union Endorses New Buffer Zone Bill In Congress To Protect Houses of Worship

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center, the federal advocacy arm of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, endorsed bipartisan legislation in both chambers of...

Posted on July 6, 2026 in Press Releases
Orthodox Union Urges SCOTUS to Protect Religious School Participation in Government Programs

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (“Orthodox Union”)—the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization—filed a friend-of-the-court brief in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a case...

Posted on July 16, 2025 in Press Releases
Orthodox Union Advocacy Center Welcomes New Federal Guidance Supporting Religious Accommodation for Federal Workers

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Orthodox Union Advocacy Center (OUA) welcomed new guidance from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) encouraging federal agencies to approve religious accommodations for federal...

Posted on April 30, 2025 in Press Releases
SCOTUS Charter School Case a Chance to Dramatically Expand the Promise of Religious Liberty

SCOTUS Charter School Case a Chance to Dramatically Expand the Promise of Religious Liberty WASHINGTON, D.C. —The Orthodox Union Advocacy Center (OUA), the public policy arm of the Union...

Posted on June 22, 2022 in Op-eds, Op-ed, Source: The Forward
The Forward: Nathan Diament & Maury Litwack on US Supreme Court’s Ruling in Carson v Makin

There are now no legal obstacles to the full and fair inclusion of religious schools — and the families who choose them — in education aid programs.

Posted on June 21, 2022 in Press Releases
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Applauds US Supreme Court Decision Requiring School Aid Programs to Include Religious Schools; “This is the Culmination of Decades of Determined Advocacy”

Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (Orthodox Union), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling declaring unconstitutional the State of...

Posted on December 9, 2021 in Amicus Briefs, Blog, Press Releases
Watch: OUA/Teach Coalition Exclusive Briefing on Supreme Court Case re Day School Funding

This week, as the Supreme Court began hearing arguments in Carson v Makin regarding Maine’s prohibition on funding tuition for religious schools in that state’s tuition assistance program, the...

Posted on December 5, 2021 in Blog
OUA in the WSJ: The Supreme Court Takes Up Religious Liberty—Again

Organizations that get state money shouldn’t have to disavow their faith. By Michael A. Helfand and Nathan J. Diament The Supreme Court will hear arguments next week over whether state government funding...

Posted on December 2, 2021 in Amicus Briefs, Op-eds, Op-ed, Source: The Wall Street Journal
WSJ: The Supreme Court Takes Up Religious Liberty—Again

If the court is serious about protecting all faith communities equally, then it should prohibit religious discrimination based on status and use alike.

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