Late last Friday, the White House is issued guidance setting forth fundamental principles and policymaking criteria for the social service partnerships the government forms with religious and other neighborhood organizations. With...
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization – criticized the decision announced late last Friday by the U.S. Department...
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization – applauded a ruling issued by a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court finding...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – December 14, 2011 Contact: Nathan Diament 202-513-6484 Orthodox Union Commends Dutch Senate Withdrawal of Shechita Ban Proposal Today the Orthodox Union – the nation’s...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Maury Litwack 202-513-6484 December 12, 2011 Orthodox Union Spearheads Bipartisan Letter to Dutch Legislature Asserting Importance of Religious Liberties This week,...
The Netherlands is considering banning Shechita. The legislation passed in the lower house of the Dutch Legislature in June, and the Dutch Senate is considering the ban in early...
The U.S. Supreme Court’s new term got underway this first week in October and on the docket for today is a crucial case for religious liberty. The case is...
Today, the Federal Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco unanimously rejected an appeal by a fair housing group regarding a religious homeless shelter’s ability to minister to...
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (the Orthodox Union), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization representing nearly 1,000 synagogues nationwide, applauds New York City Mayor Michael...
On Wednesday, August 3, Federal Judge Nina Gershon of US District Court in Brooklyn upheld New York’s current kosher labeling law. The law, which was revised in 2004 by...
