April 29, 1999

ORTHODOX UNION TO HONOR
SENATOR DANIEL PATRICK MOYNIHAN

New York’s Senior Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan will be the guest of honor at the Orthodox Union’s Institute for Public Affairs Dinner to be held at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City on Columbus Day, Monday, October 11, 1999.

"For almost forty years, Senator Moynihan has played a unique role in American public life,"  Orthodox Union President Dr. Mandell I. Ganchrow said. 

"We appreciate the Senator’s well known aversion to accepting public honors and are particularly proud that he has allowed his friends in the Orthodox Union to pay him this deeply deserved tribute - the first award he has accepted from any Jewish organization in over three years," Dr. Ganchrow added.

Senator Moynihan’s friendship with the Orthodox Union dates back to 1963 when he worked with the Union’s leadership while advising President John F. Kennedy on the question of government aid to non public schools.   Dr. Ganchrow cited the Senator’s leadership on this issue as well as his historic championing of Israeli causes as United States Ambassador to the United Nations and as a United States Senator.

"In our collective communal memories the name Daniel Patrick Moynihan will always be synonymous with his successful sixteen-year effort to repeal the odious General Assembly resolution equating Zionism with racism and his ongoing two-decade struggle to have the United States acknowledge Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.  Senator Moynihan has always been, as Prime Minister Menachem Begin so aptly declared him, ‘a friend for all seasons, for all reasons,’ " said Dr. Ganchrow.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan is the only person in American history to have served in the cabinet or sub-cabinet of four consecutive presidents. He is an accomplished author and distinguished scholar who the Almanac of American Politics has hailed as "the nation’s best thinker among politicians since Lincoln, and its best politician among thinkers since Jefferson."

The dinner is sponsored by the Institute for Public Affairs, the OU’s research and advocacy arm. 

"Ever since its inception over a decade ago, the IPA has been in the forefront of advocating for Orthodox Jewish interests and concerns. Senator Moynihan has always championed these causes as part of his core vision," declared IPA Chairman Professor Richard Stone.  "We are privileged to honor such a longtime and unwavering ally of Israel and the Jewish community, and are delighted that the Senator is allowing his many friends in the Jewish community this opportunity to express their profound appreciation for his lifetime of selfless pubic service."

Established in 1983, the IPA was created to represent and mobilize the world’s largest Orthodox Jewish community. Representing nearly 1,000 synagogues across the country, the IPA works to protect Jewish interests and freedoms by providing government officials with informative policy briefings, advocating legislative and regulatory initiatives, and coordinating its constituency’s grass-roots political activities.

The Orthodox Union, celebrating 100 years of service to the Jewish community of America and beyond, is a leader in youth work, advocacy for the disabled, synagogue services, adult education and political action. Its kosher supervision label, the OU, is the world’s most recognized kosher symbol and can be found on over 200,000 products in 59 countries around the globe.

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