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COVID-19 Resources for Synagogues, Day Schools, Community Centers & Other Nonprofits

Posted on January 27, 2020 in Press Releases
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”)...

Posted on January 22, 2020 in Amicus Briefs, Press Releases
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...

Posted on January 15, 2020 in Blog, News
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...

Posted on September 19, 2019 in Press Releases, Family Friendly Tax Policy
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...

Posted on in Amicus Briefs
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

Posted on September 6, 2019 in Blog, TeachNYS, Source:
OU Letter to NY Education Dept. re Substantial Equivalent Instruction for Nonpublic School Students

Posted on March 18, 2019 in Press Releases
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Welcomes Federal Appeals Court Decision Protecting Tax Code’s Housing Allowance for Clergy

Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, welcomed a decision by the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding a...

Posted on February 28, 2019 in Blog, Press Releases
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Welcomes Introduction of New Federal Proposal to Expand School Choice

Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, joined Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos and other leaders at the Department of...

Posted on February 7, 2019 in Press Releases
Orthodox Union Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee on Recent Incidents of Apparent Religious Intolerance

OU Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee

Posted on January 4, 2019 in Blog, Source: The Washington Post
Rep. Ilhan Omar prompts new rule that allows, for the first time in 181 years, head coverings on House floor

“The Orthodox Union has long supported laws and policies that foster the accommodation of religious practices in the workplace. Religious practices — such as wearing religious garb, whether a...

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