Evening to Salute the Past, Support the Future of Jewish Youth LOS ANGELES – More than 250 people are expected to attend NCSY West Coast’s 50th anniversary celebration on Wednesday evening, February 26 at THE MARK for EVENTS in Los Angeles. The evening will center around “Saluting the Past, Supporting the Future” and focus on […]

Jenna Beltser, Founding Director of the OU Impact Accelerator, spoke with Nachum Segal on JM in the AM to discuss the program’s second cohort that will focus on four new amazing organizations: ANI TEFILLAH/The Voice of Jewish Education, Communities Confronting Substance Abuse, Inc., Chinuch Yehudi and Daily Giving. Listen to the interview The Impact Accelerator […]

CHICAGO – The Orthodox Union’s (OU) Yachad, the leading group for individuals with disabilities in the Orthodox community, has received a record $1 million grant to create the “Ralla Klepak Performing Arts Inclusion Initiative.” A program of Yachad Chicago, it will provide a broad range of experiential and social opportunities for individuals with disabilities through […]

New App & Website Makes Daily Daf Yomi Study More Accessible NEW YORK – More than 26,000 people in 107 countries have downloaded the “All Daf” app, an innovative free digital platform for Daf Yomi learners created by the Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish […]

The Orthodox Union – the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization – applauds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his proposal to expand eligibility to synagogues and other houses of worship as part of New York state’s Securing Communities Against Hate Crimes Grant Program. Until now, the three-year-old program created by the governor was open to […]

Rabbi Moshe Hauer Will Succeed Allen Fagin, Who Will Retire Later This Year NEW YORK – Rabbi Moshe Hauer, the senior rabbi of Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion Congregation in Baltimore, will become the executive vice president of the Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, […]

New Cohort Addresses Poverty, Substance Abuse & Education NEW YORK – OU’s Impact Accelerator, a mentorship program for growth and early-stage funding for Jewish non-profit entrepreneurs and a division of The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, has announced its second cohort of four startup ventures. The organizations chosen for this year’s cohort are using innovative […]

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey – For the first few days of 2020, the Ocean Place Resort and Spa on the Jersey shore became a center of Torah learning for more than 350 teens coming together from across the United States, Canada and South America. Aspire: The NCSY Yarchei Kallah program, a signature annual event for […]

OU’s Allen Fagin Joined Gov. Cuomo for the Historic Announcement The Orthodox Union, which represents the nation’s largest network of Orthodox synagogues, lauds New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for taking decisive and effective action by releasing $45 million in funding allocations to protect at-risk institutions. The $45 million in grant funding is being made available on a statewide basis […]