{"id":41341,"date":"2015-07-15T10:16:11","date_gmt":"2015-07-15T15:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/?p=41341"},"modified":"2015-07-15T10:59:02","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T15:59:02","slug":"ou-and-rca-statement-on-iran-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ou.org\/life\/news\/ou-and-rca-statement-on-iran-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"OU and RCA Statement on Iran Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Demi', sans-serif;\">Contact: Roslyn Singer\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Demi', sans-serif;\">Director of Communications, OU Advocacy<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Demi', sans-serif;\"><span id=\"gc-number-18\" class=\"gc-cs-link\" title=\"Call with Google Voice\">212-613-8227<\/span> (o)<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<h5><span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Franklin Gothic Demi', sans-serif;\"><span id=\"gc-number-19\" class=\"gc-cs-link\" title=\"Call with Google Voice\">202-489-4180<\/span> (c)<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In the wake of announcements by the government of the <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>United States, <\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">its five negotiating partners and the Iranian regime of a deal with regard to <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Iran\u2019s<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> nuclear weapons program, the following statement was issued jointly by the leaderships\u00a0of the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America<\/b><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> and the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rabbis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Rabbinical Council of America<\/b><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> (respectively, the largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization and the largest national rabbinic membership organization nationwide):<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The leaders of the <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ou.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Orthodox Union\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">and <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rabbis.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Rabbinical Council of America<\/b><\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0are\u00a0gravely\u00a0concerned about the deal announced yesterday between the U.S. and its five negotiating partners and the Iranian regime.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Given the gravity of Iran\u2019s pursuit of nuclear weapons and this complex agreement<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0we did not\u2014 despite our skepticism\u2014formulate a position or issue a policy statement about it immediately after <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>President Barack Obama<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> announced the deal at <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>7 a.m.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> on <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><b>Tuesday.<\/b><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 Rather, we took the time to read the agreement, hear from senior Obama Administration officials as well as Israeli leaders, and consider the analysis of experts in the field.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Read the rest <a href=\"http:\/\/advocacy.ou.org\/2015\/statement-union-orthodox-jewish-congregations-rabbinical-council-america-assessed-proposed-iran-deal-found-wanting-preparing-mobilize-synagogues-acros\/\">here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contact: Roslyn 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