"Of Vouchers and Vituperation"
By Nathan J. Diament The Forward, September 26, 1997 As Congress and schools returned from their respective summer vacations this month, senators began to re-focus on a legislative initiative...
Press Releases
ORTHODOX UNION APPLAUDS TORRICELLI’S SUPPORT OF A+ ACCOUNT PROPOSAL
Today, the Institute for Public Affairs of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America applauded Senator Robert Torricelli’s (D-NJ) support and promotion of Senator Paul Coverdell’s (R-GA) A+...
OU APPLAUDS PRESIDENT CLINTON’S GUIDELINES PROTECTING RELIGION
Leaders of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America joined with President Bill Clinton and other religious and civil liberties organizations today in a White House meeting at...
OU WELCOMES PASSAGE OF REVISED “KIRYAS JOEL LEGISLATION”
The Union of Orthodox Congregations of America through its Institute for Public Affairs welcomes the passage by the New York State legislature of legislation designed to leave in place...
OU HAILS BIPARTISAN SENATE INTRODUCTION OF WORKPLACE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization representing almost 1,000 congregations nationwide — hails the introduction of the Workplace Religious Freedom...
ORTHODOX UNION MARKS BIRTHDAY OF ISRAELI MIA YEHUDAH KATZ
This Friday, July 18th, will mark Yehudah Katz’s 38th birthday. It will also mark fifteen years and one month since Yehudah was taken captive during Israel’s 1982 war with...
OU DISMAYED AT UN ANTI ISRAEL RESOLUTION CALLS ON U.S. AND EU TO OPPOSE IT
The Orthodox Union is deeply dismayed over the resumption of the special emergency session of the United Nations General Assembly that is to resume on Tuesday, July 15th. This...
Three Years After AMIA Bombing, Orthodox Union Distressed by Lack of Progress
Three years ago on July 18, 1994 the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Community building in Buenos Aires shocked the Jewish world. The seven story building which housed all...
ORTHODOX UNION OPPOSES TV RATINGS AGREEMENT
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization representing 1,000 synagogues nationwide – joined with Senators Joe Lieberman and Sam...
UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS CONDEMNS PA ATTACK
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America was deeply distressed to learn of an attack by the civil and armed forces of the Palestinian Authority on the Russian...