New advocacy initiative successfully advocates for increased funding for every NY Jewish day school. Today, the OU-Teach NYS Initiative applauded the New York State legislature for increasing state funding...
By Jeff Leb Originally published in The Jewish Week, March 14, 2013 The challenge of day school affordability is not just an economic but an existential one; it is...
The following testimony was delivered to the New York City Council on February 7, 2013 by Jeff Leb, New York Political Director for the Orthodox Union. Good Morning, Chairman...
Contact: Maury Litwack Director of State Political Affairs and Outreach (917) 385-7964 January 29, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Today, Jeff Leb, political director for the Orthodox Union’s Teach NYS...
On Tuesday afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo released his Executive Budget proposal for New York State’s 2013-2014 fiscal year. The following is an analysis of the Governor’s Executive Budget proposal...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: MAURY LITWACK (917) 385-7964 January 14, 2013 A new partnership between the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, Teach-NYS and a group of New York’s Jewish...
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (the Orthodox Union), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization representing nearly 1,000 synagogues nationwide, applauds New York City Mayor Michael...
As the nonpartisan public policy arm of the nation’s largest representative Orthodox Jewish organization‚ representing nearly 1,000 congregations nationwide‚ the OU’s Institute for Public Affairs works to promote Jewish values...
On Wednesday, August 3, Federal Judge Nina Gershon of US District Court in Brooklyn upheld New York’s current kosher labeling law. The law, which was revised in 2004 by...
Today, the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, sent a letter to New York City Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly lauding him...
