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Take Action Now So Federal Childcare & Pre-K Serve All Faiths and Backgrounds
More than half of American families who send their children to faith-based childcare and pre-K providers. are about to be excluded from new federal programs under the new Build Back Better Act.
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Orthodox Union Applauds Passage of Bipartisan Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act within Infrastructure Deal
The Orthodox Union welcomed the passage of the groundbreaking Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Framework legislation; it was passed in August by the U.S. Senate and signed into law by President Biden on Nov. 15. A decade ago, the OU Advocacy Center spearheaded the creation of the bipartisan provision, which creates a $50 million grant program for day schools, shuls and other nonprofits.
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Nathan J. Diament: A Eulogy for Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Teaching us how to take on the world
A Eulogy for Rabbi Jonathan Sacks: Teaching us how to take on the world // By Nathan J. Diament // To presume to properly eulogize Rabbi Jonathan Sacks is to reach for something clearly beyond grasp. To appropriate an idea that Rabbi Norman Lamm said when Rav Soloveitchik passed away, only Rabbi Jonathan Sacks could possibly deliver a eulogy worthy of Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
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Orthodox Union Applauds US House Passage of Bipartisan Bill to Fund Israel’s Iron Dome Missile Defense System
The Orthodox Union applauded the U.S. Houses of Representatives’ passage of the bipartisan Iron Dome Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 5323), which provides $1 billion to replenish Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system to help the Jewish State continue to protect itself against attacks by Hamas and other terrorist groups.
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Orthodox Union Urges U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Religious Liberty, Require State School Aid Program to Include Religious Schools
Since 1980, the state of Maine has prohibited parents from choosing to enroll their children in religious high schools under its state aid program. The Orthodox Union has filed a “friend of the court” brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reverse a lower court's decision allowing this discriminatory policy.
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Orthodox Union Joins FBI-Newark Field Office to Launch National Public Awareness Campaign to Promote Reporting of Hate Crimes
Orthodox Union Executive Vice President Rabbi Moshe Hauer participated in the launch of the FBI Newark Field Office’s “Protecting Our Communities Together” national awareness campaign to promote the reporting of hate crimes and discrimination to federal authorities. Said Rabbi Hauer: "Too many people within our community treat the hate and discrimination they experience as an expected part of life. Until we learn to report these regular incidents as they occur, our law enforcement authorities won’t be able to pursue the culprits, nor will meaningful change occur."
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Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America Applauds Senate’s Inclusion of Pioneering Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act in Federal Infrastructure Package
We welcome the Senate’s inclusion – within the $1 trillion infrastructure deal – of the landmark bipartisan Nonprofit Energy Efficiency Act. This initiative, which creates a pilot program to reduce energy consumption and increase energy efficiency for houses of worship, religious day schools and other nonprofits nationwide, was first spearheaded by the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center.
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