Handover of Lockerbie Suspects First Step Only
Eleven years ago, on December 21, 1988, the downing of jumbo jet Pan Am 103 at Lockerbie, Scotland shocked the whole world, killing 259 passengers and crew and eleven...
Press Releases
OU Applauds Lantos – Gilman Bill for Action on Missing Israeli Soldiers
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the largest mainstream Orthodox Jewish organization with nearly 1,000 synagogues nationwide, today praised Congressman Tom Lantos (D-CA) and Congressman Benjamin Gilman...
OU Supports Silk Road Strategy Act of 1999
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the largest mainstream Orthodox Jewish organization comprised of nearly 1,000 synagogues nationwide, today welcomed the introduction of the Silk Road Strategy...
OU Welcomes Introduction of Education Savings Account Legislation; Calls for Passage
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, through its Institute for Public Affairs, welcomed the recent introduction in both houses of congress of legislation that would create...
OU Praises Senate Passage of Resolution Opposing Unilateral Declaration of Palestinian State
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America today praised the United States Senate for approving a resolution asking President Clinton to oppose any unilateral declaration of an independent...
JUSTICE BARAK UNBOUND
In 1978, during the Camp David Mideast peace negotiations, President Jimmy Carter was so impressed with one Israeli negotiator, that he jokingly offered him a seat on the U.S....
Orthodox Union Protests Invitation to Arafat
The IPA of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America today expressed dismay in a letter to Congressman Steve Largent (R-OK) at the invitation that was issued to...
Orthodox Union Outraged by Murders in Kosovo
The Orthodox Union, the largest mainstream Orthodox Jewish organization in the United States, expressed its horror at the continued acts of violence and brutality occurring in Yugoslavia. The report...
OU supports right of landlords
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, through its Institute for Public Affairs, welcomed yesterday’s decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit...
We pray to the Almighty for a “refuah shleimah”
The Institute for Public Affairs of the Orthodox Union was deeply distressed to learn that our dear friend Lynne Landsberg of the Religious Action Center of the UAHC is...