FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Howie Beigelman 212-613-8311 February 23, 2009 ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY MEETS SENATOR CARL LEVIN Orthodox Union facilitates key meeting in Michigan U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-MI)...

Published yesterday in the Jerusalem Post was the following Op/Ed piece written by Orthodox Union IPA Director, Nathan J. Diament: ‘There’s no question,’ says former US ambassador to Israel...

FOR RELEASE Contact: Nathan J. Diament 202-513-6484 11:00am Feb. 4, 2009 UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS OF AMERICA WELCOMES PRESIDENT OBAMA’S FAITH-BASED INITIATIVE Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nathan Diament 202-513-6484 February 4, 2009 ORTHODOX UNION APPLAUDS SETTLEMENT OF RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT WITH WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY Protects Current and Future Employees...

ORTHODOX UNION APPLAUDS INTRODUCTION OF WORKPLACE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT Protects Marylanders in absence of needed federal legislation The Orthodox Union (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America), the nation’s...

JOIN THE OU-IPA IN ITS CALL FOR FAIRNESS IN GREEN SCHOOL FUNDING “The number one “kitchen table” issue for many middle-class faith families is the cost of sending their...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Howie Beigelman 212-613-8311 January 16, 2009 ORTHODOX UNION COMMENDS GOVERNOR PATERSON FOR RESTORING CAP MANDATE TO NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS; CONTINUES TO PRESS FOR RESTORING FULL FUNDING...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Nathan J. Diament 202-513-6484 January 15, 2009 UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT OVER UNEQUAL TREATMENT OF SCHOOLS IN “GREEN FUNDING” PROJECTS IN ECONOMIC...

For twenty summers and running, the OU’s Institute for Public Affairs (IPA) has been cultivating the next generation of community activists with its summer internship program. The program, which...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Howie Beigelman 212-613-8311 December 30, 2008 ORTHODOX JEWISH COMMUNITY MEETS CONGRESSMAN-ELECT JOHN ADLER Orthodox Union facilitates key meeting in South Jersey Congressman-elect John Adler (D-NJ-3)...