Sound the Great Shofar for Freedom
SOUND THE GREAT SHOFAR FOR FREEDOM Join rabbis and community leaders in a mass shofar blowing to demand justice, compassion, and the release of 10 Iranian Jewish prisoners. Friday,...
Press Releases
Synagogue Security Arrangements For Yamim Noraim
To: Rabbis and Synagogue Leaders From: Richard B. Stone, Chairman Betty Ehrenberg, Director, International and Communal Affairs RE: Synagogue Security Arrangements For Yamim Noraim Each year before the Yamim...
OU Applauds Senator Ashcroft’s Support of Legislation Opposing Unilateral Declaration
The Orthodox Union praised Senator John Ashcroft for co-sponsoring S.2938, the Middle East Peace Process Support Act, legislation introduced in the United States Senate that would terminate U.S. aid...
Statement by Dr. David Berger regarding the New York Times ad by Dabru Emet
The following statement by Dr. David Berger was issued by the Institute for Public Affairs of the Orthodox Union regarding the New York Times ad by Dabru Emet: This...
OU Calls On Hollywood To Clean Up Its Act
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, through its Institute for Public Affairs, responded to a Federal Trade Commission...
OU Applauds Inclusion of Religious Values in Public Life
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America today praised the increased embrace of spirituality and religious values in public life. We believe that spirituality and religious values play...
Jewish Law and the Duties of a Leader
Nathan J. Diament Washington Post The news of Sen. Joseph Lieberman’s selection by Al Gore to run for the vice presidency has prompted many questions about the prospects for...
OU Mourns The Passing of the Bobover Rebbe
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America mourns the passing of Grand Rabbi Shlomo Halberstam, the Bobover Rebbe, z”tl. Dr. Mandell I. Ganchrow, OU president, said, “The Jewish...
OU Disappointed In Court Ruling Striking New York’s “Kosher Laws”
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – through its Institute for Public Affairs – expressed its disappointment with the ruling of a federal district judge in...
Congratulatory Letter to Israeli President Katzav
Honorable Moshe Katzav The Knesset, Jerusalem Via Fax Dear President-Elect Katzav, On behalf of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the largest mainstream Orthodox Jewish organization in...