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Posted on June 22, 2022 in 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, 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 No categories
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-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.

Posted on September 10, 2021 in Amicus Briefs, Press Releases
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Religious Liberty, Require State School Aid Program to Include Religious Schools

Today, 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 urging the U.S. Supreme...

Posted on July 30, 2021 in Press Releases
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Applauds Anticipated Nomination of Deborah Lipstadt as State Department Envoy to Combat Antisemitism 

Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (Orthodox Union), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, applauded President Biden’s anticipated nomination of Holocaust historian and author Deborah...

Posted on July 5, 2021 in Amicus Briefs, Source:
Orthodox Union Amicus Brief: Carson v. Makin

Orthodox Union Amicus Brief: Carson v. Makin

Posted on June 17, 2021 in Marriage and Family, Press Releases
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Welcomes Unanimous Supreme Court Ruling Upholding Fundamental Protections for Religious Liberty in Fulton v Philadelphia

The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (Orthodox Union) — the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization — welcomed today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court upholding...

Posted on May 6, 2021 in Op-ed, Source: The Hill
America’s Jewish communities are under attack — Here are 3 things Congress can do

BY NATHAN J. DIAMENT This weekend, the New York Police Department arrested 29-year-old Jordan Burnette, accused of perpetrating a three-day spree of attacks against four synagogues in New York City’s Riverdale...

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