Amicus Brief: Carson v. Makin
Brief for Council of Islamic Schools in North America, Partnership for Inner-City Education, and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America as Amici Curiae in Support of Petitioners in...
Protect America’s houses of worship in year-end appropriations package
By Nathan J. Diament Three years ago this month, 26 people at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, were shot to death as they gathered for Sunday services. Less than...
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Applauds US Supreme Court Ruling Enjoining Covid Rules That Treat Synagogues, Churches and Other Prayer Services Unfairly
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (“Orthodox Union”) applauds the ruling issued last night by the United States Supreme Court enjoining the enforcement of a New...
Orthodox Union Applauds Supreme Court Decision Upholding Religious Liberty; Secular Courts Cannot Interfere in Employment Disputes within Religious Schools and Congregations
Orthodox Union Brief Cited in Court’s Opinion Read the amicus brief the Orthodox Union joined in Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrissey – Berru and St. James School v. Biel Read the...
OUA Amicus Brief in Our Lady of Guadalupe v Morrissey-Berru & St. James School v. Biel
The Supreme Court of the United States consolidated two cases in which the Orthodox Union filed an amicus curiae, or friend-of-the-court brief: 1. Our Lady of Guadalupe v Morrisey-Berru...
Orthodox Union Applauds President Trump, Congress for Authorizing $375 Million in Federal Security Grants to Houses of Worship, Schools, Other Nonprofits
New Allocation Provides 5-year Funding for Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which Orthodox Union Helped Create in 2005 Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (“Orthodox Union”)...
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Urges US Supreme Court to Uphold Religious Liberty, Overturn State Laws that Enable Anti-Religious Discrimination in Government School-Aid Programs
Read the Orthodox Union’s amicus brief in Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue In a case heard today by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations...
Testimony of OU’s Nathan Diament to Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism
Testimony submitted by Nathan J. Diament Executive Director for Public Policy, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America to Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Intelligence and Counterterrorism Hearing: “Confronting the...
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Urges US Supreme Court to Uphold Religious Liberty, Overturn State Laws that Enable Anti-Religious Discrimination in Government School-Aid Programs
Nathan Diament: "The essential promise of the First Amendment’s religion clauses is to guarantee religious freedom in the United States by requiring government neutrality toward religion. A state...
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Amicus Brief: Espinoza v Montana Dept. of Revenue
Orthodox Union Amicus Brief: Espinoza v Montana Department of Revenue – Sept. 19, 2019