Commission

Description

YACHAD

National organization that organizes shabbatons, summer programs and activities for emotionally and physically disabled children. 

Housed at the OU offices in NY.

IPA

The Institute of Public Affairs is the political voice of the OU that maintain full time offices in Washington and New York.  Headed by a legal director, the IPA monitors, supports and creates legislation to help Israel the Jewish community and to protect religious Jewish values in America.

Kashrus

OU Kashrus is the largest and most established Kosher Certification Organization in the world.  Maintaining 80% of all kosher products in America and around 1000 staff people world wide the OU oversees food production, quality control and monitor kosher standards and numerous factors and production facilities.

NCSY

Youth Movement, Founded in 1954 is the largest religious Jewish youth movement in North America that organizes Shabbatons, drop in centers, retreats and summer program for 20,000 students in North America.

Housed at the OU offices in NY.

Synagogue & Community Services

Over 500 Synagogues in North America are affiliated with the OU. 

The Orthodox Union's provides a vast array and great diversity of programmatic, educational, and administrative support including:

-Parenting Workshops  
-Torah Seminars for Women
-Pardes Project
-Interactive adult education Torah Study
-Torah Insights
-Synagogue Trends
 

Israel Center

(Jerusalem)

- Maintains cultural and religious center for Olim and Hebrew Speakers. 

- Offers classes, lectures, tours and a weekly publication called “Torah Tidbits”

- Recently launched youth activities for over 2000 Israeli children across the country

Communications

- Publications

- Press releases

- Publishes seferim (Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan, Rabbi Soloveichik).

Finance

Oversees all financing expenditures of the Orthodox Union.

Development

Fundraising

JLI

Maintains young couples on university campuses who reach out to orthodox students via cultural and religious programs.

Currently servicing 6 campuses including Princeton, Brandeis, UCLA, Penn, Brooklyn, and Yale

Jewish Action

Quarterly magazine that reports on world Jewish affairs and topics of interest to the Orthodox world.

Operations

Human Resources, Maintenance of OU offices

Kharkov Center

A full time school and summer camp for Ukrainian Jewish Children base in Kharkov. 

Directed by several Israeli rabbis who live on campus and conduct outreach and educational activities.

Membership

Reach out and collect membership dues from participating synagogues.