Yachad, the National Jewish Council for Disabilities under the auspices of the Orthodox Union (OU), is kicking off North American Inclusion Month (NAIM) with more than 250 events taking place around the United States and Canada. Programs are aimed to provide social opportunity in addition to developing sensitivity and awareness of what it means to […]

LONG BRANCH, New Jersey – For the last few days of 2018, the Ocean Place Resort and Spa on the Jersey shore became a center of Torah learning for over 400 teens coming together from across the United States, Canada and South America. NCSY’s annual Yarchei Kallah program, a signature event for almost 30 years, has capitalized […]

Hundreds expected at Lectures from Renowned Torah Educators Los Angeles – Leading rabbinic scholars, educators and Jewish communal leaders will be featured at the Orthodox Union’s Torah LA on Sunday, December 16, 2018 from 9:15 to 12 noon at the YULA Boy’s High School, 9760 W. Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles. This free event, hosted […]

Allen Fagin, Executive Vice President of the Orthodox Union and the former chairman of Proskauer Rose, LLP, has been appointed to the Transition Committee for New York’s Attorney General-Elect Letitia James. The committee consists of 36 individuals who will help identify strong candidates for positions with, and establish policy recommendations for, the Attorney General’s Office. […]

(Hollywood, FL) – In their first official visit to South Florida since winning the recount, Governor elect Ron DeSantis and Lt. Governor elect Jeanette Nunez met with Teach Florida’s leadership in a roundtable discussion and visit to member school Brauser Maimonides Academy in Ft. Lauderdale, FL this morning. Governor DeSantis used the event to stress […]

Yachad’s IVDU School for Special Education will hold its inaugural scholarship dinner at The Loft Steakhouse in Boro Park, NY on Tuesday, November 27 at 7pm. Internationally acclaimed Orthodox Jewish comedian, Ashley Blaker, who is a father of two children with autism as well as a daughter with Down Syndrome, will provide comedy for the […]

Orthodox Jewish parents, like responsible parents across the United States, overwhelmingly vaccinate their children against measles, mumps, rubella, polio and the other childhood diseases for which inoculations are now almost miraculously commonplace. As in many communities, a small minority of parents chooses not to do so. The ongoing measles outbreak demonstrates how this could bear […]

Organization Invests In New Generation Of Jewish Social Entrepreneurs NEW YORK – The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, has announced a cohort of six winning nonprofit organizations that it will support through its new Impact Accelerator. Launched in early 2018, the OU Impact […]

NEW YORK – The mikvah has undergone dramatic transformation over the past several decades as community leaders upgrade facilities to make the experience more comfortable and convenient for women. As part of an initiative to address the mikvah experience from a psycho-social perspective, the OU Women’s Initiative, a division of the Orthodox Union, is providing […]