RCA and OU Condemn Torching of Ya’ar Ramot Synagogue
The Rabbinical of America and the Orthodox Union join the Chief Rabbinate of Israel in condemning the torching of the Ya’ar Ramot Synagogue in Jerusalem on June 25. Once...
Press Releases
OU Calls Upon Federal Court to Validate Cleveland Voucher Program
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of New York, through its Institute for Public Affairs, called upon the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to validate...
OU and RCA Call for National Consensus on Crucial Decisions Affecting the Jewish People
At this crucial and difficult time in the life of the State of Israel, the Orthodox Union, the Rabbinical Council of America, Emunah of America, the Religious Zionists of...
OU Disappointed by High Court Refusal to Hear Evolution Disclaimer Case
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – through its Institute for Public Affairs, expressed its disappointment with the decision on the U.S. Supreme Court not to...
Orthodox Union Opposed to Further Easing of Sanctions Against Iran
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America strongly opposes the Trade Sanctions Reform and Export Enhancement Act of 2000, an amendment of H.R. 4461, the Agriculture Appropriations bill....
OU Endorses Death Penalty Moratorium
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America — the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization representing nearly 1,000 synagogues nationwide, announced its support for efforts to impose...
OU Hails Israel’s Acceptance into WEOG
The Orthodox Union today applauded the long awaited acceptance of Israel into a United Nations regional group, namely the Western European and Others Group. The Orthodox Union has advocated...
A Proclamation of Solidarity with Jerusalem
WHEREAS 2000 Marks fifty-two years of independence of the State of Israel, a modern-day miracle we are fortunate to witness in our time, and; WHEREAS King David first declared...
Israel and the Accords
Ignoring Israel’s numerous redeployments in the West Bank in accordance with the Oslo accords, Milton Viorst (Op-Ed, May 24) does not mention that Israel has, so far, upheld its...
OU Appreciates Concerns Over Jerusalem
The Jewish people have long held that Jerusalem’s status as the indivisible, eternal capital of the State of Israel is an essential tenet of our religious beliefs and convictions....