UPDATE: President Biden signed this legislation into law Friday evening (March 11, 2022). Today, the Orthodox Union (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)–the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella...
On Jan. 18, the OU Advocacy Center, together with the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, convened a virtual briefing with senior U.S. government officials including Attorney...
To say we will support some schools and students and not others is not only bad health policy as we seek to stop a pandemic; it’s also immoral.
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...
Religious groups said some congregations would struggle to pay for full employment benefits for their leaders if they were converted from independent contractors to employees."For smaller ones that operate...
Nathan Diament, the Orthodox Union's executive director for public policy: "A decade ago we helped create the federal nonprofit security grant program to which the Department of Homeland Security...
To understand the American Jewish relationship with Israel, it’s helpful to divide American Jews into three rough categories. On the right lies the self-described pro-Israel crowd, many of whom...
Good morning, I am Allen Fagin, executive vice president of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, which I will refer to as the Orthodox Union throughout my...
(JTA) An Orthodox Jewish organization called on Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin to delay implementing a tax code provision that requires synagogues and nonprofits to pay federal taxes on employee...
