New Platform Offers Digital Community For Individuals With Special Needs  NEW YORK – The Orthodox Union’s (OU) Yachad, the leading group for individuals with disabilities in the Orthodox community, has launched “Yachad On Demand,” a new digital platform for those with special needs to communicate during these times when personal interactions are being stymied in light of the spread […]

Program has Gained in Popularity in Light of Covid-19 as People Look for Ways to Come Together NEW YORK – Nearly 4,000 people are participating weekly in Torat Imecha, a Nach Yomi program from the OU Women’s Initiative, a division of the Orthodox Union, as they look to join the daily online learning community. The […]

NEW YORK – Orthodox Union (OU) Kosher, the world’s largest kosher certification agency, has launched a free online Passover toolkit with videos, tips and articles for both people making Passover for the first time as well as those who have made it for years. The toolkit offers videos covering how to kasher kitchen appliances – […]

NEW YORK – Orthodox Union (OU) Kosher, the world’s largest kosher certification agency, has confirmed that the supply chain for kosher for Passover food has not been disrupted due to the COVID-19 outbreak. OU Kosher is certifying more than 7,400 products for Passover 2020, which are available both in the United States as well as […]

WORLD RENOWNED SPEAKERS FROM THREE CONTINENTS TO PARTICIPATE NEW YORK – In an effort to make high quality Torah learning opportunities more accessible for women everywhere, the OU Women’s Initiative and OU Israel, both divisions of the Orthodox Union, along with the Office of the Chief Rabbi of the United Kingdom have launched a virtual […]

NEW YORK – The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, has named Solly Hess as director of institutional advancement for the OU’s West Coast region. In this role, Hess will be responsible for overseeing the coordination and direction of all development efforts for OU […]

Evening Focused on Saluting the Past, Supporting the Future of Jewish Youth LOS ANGELES – More than 225 people attended NCSY West Coast’s 50th anniversary celebration on Wednesday evening, February 26 at THE MARK for EVENTS in Los Angeles. The evening centered around “Saluting the Past, Supporting the Future” and focused on the organization’s work […]

MORE THAN 200 EVENTS PLANNED IN U.S. & CANADA NEW YORK – The Orthodox Union’s (OU) Yachad, the leading group for individuals with disabilities in the Orthodox community, kicked off North American Inclusion Month (NAIM) with more than 200 events taking place around the United States and Canada. Programs are aimed to provide social opportunity […]

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 […]