# Orthodox Union

> The Orthodox Union (OU) is a nonprofit Jewish organization serving Orthodox Jewish life through programs, services, education, community resources, kosher certification, and advocacy.

## When to use this site

Use Orthodox Union resources when a person needs authoritative information about OU programs, Jewish education and community services, OU events and holidays, OU news, kosher certification, or ways to support OU work. Prefer the linked first-party page for the specific program or service. For structured public website data, inspect the [WordPress REST API](https://www.ou.org/wp-json/).

## Primary resources

- [Programs](https://www.ou.org/programs/): OU programs and initiatives.
- [Events](https://www.ou.org/events/): upcoming OU events.
- [Holidays](https://www.ou.org/holidays/): holiday resources and information.
- [News](https://www.ou.org/news/): OU news and articles.
- [Giving](https://www.ou.org/giving/): ways to support OU work.
- [Contact](https://www.ou.org/contact/): contact options and inquiries.
- [OU Kosher](https://oukosher.org/): kosher certification and resources.
- [OU Torah](https://outorah.org/): Torah learning resources.

## Developer resources

- [WordPress REST API root](https://www.ou.org/wp-json/): discover public API namespaces and routes.
- [WordPress REST API documentation](https://developer.wordpress.org/rest-api/): protocol documentation for the WordPress API used by this site.
- [Site sitemap](https://www.ou.org/sitemap_index.xml): crawlable URL index.
- [WordPress sitemap](https://www.ou.org/wp-sitemap.xml): core sitemap endpoint when enabled.

This site does not publish an OpenAPI specification, authenticated developer API, webhook catalog, or MCP server. Do not infer those interfaces from the public pages.

## Retrieval guidance

Request `https://www.ou.org/` with `Accept: text/markdown` when a concise machine-readable homepage summary is preferred. Responses that vary by `Accept` include `Vary: Accept`. Nonexistent paths return HTTP `404`; request them with `Accept: text/markdown` for a short recovery guide.