My name is Ben Dayanim and I am glad to be here today as the representative of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, this nation’s largest Orthodox...
Press Releases
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America objects strongly to a letter being circulated by former US government officials against the establishment of new Jewish homes in Judea...
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization with over 1,000 member congregations, joined in the effort spearheaded by Senator Joseph Lieberman...
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, through its Institute for Public Affairs (IPA), filed a “friend of the court” brief in the United States Supreme Court in...
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations today lauded Representative Carolyn B. Maloney’s (D-NY) resolution calling on U.S. government agencies to release information about individuals who committed Nazi war crimes....
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America today expressed its concern over the immigration reform bill approved yesterday by House and Senate conferees. The legislation, H.R. 2022, increases...
In an age of five second sound bites and quarter hours of fame, fresh news stories sour literally overnight. The Jewish People, however, are a nation of memory; realizing...
The Orthodox Union’s leadership met privately today with Vice President Albert Gore in New York City. During the forty minute meeting, one of several between the OU’s leadership and...
The Orthodox Union is disappointed with yesterday’s ruling by the New York Appellate Division finding the re-creation of the Kiryas Joel school district unconstitutional. The 1994 law which re-created...
The OU & RCA deeply mourn the deaths and delayed interments of Pvt. Yosef Fink and Pvt. Rahamin Alsheik who were captured in an ambush by the terror groups...