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 […]

NEW YORK – The OU Women’s Initiative, a division of the Orthodox Union, is launching a new Nach Yomi initiative called “Torat Imecha,” building on the success of the Shoshana Grossman Nach Yomi program. Torat Imecha is dedicated by Eta Brandman Klaristenfeld in memory of her aunt Malka Nussbaum, Malka Esther Bat Tzvi Yoseph. Starting […]

New York, NY – The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (“OU”), the nation’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, has commended the commitment to protecting nonpublic schools, houses of worship, and non-profits, which several of New Jersey’s elected officials have demonstrated in the dramatic wake of rising antisemitic attacks and other acts of domestic […]

Group Renews Call For More Aggressive Laws To Fight Domestic Terrorism The Orthodox Union, the largest Orthodox synagogue organization in the United States, sent its condolences to the members of the West Freeway Church of Christ in White Settlement, TX, on the horrific shooting during prayer services yesterday. “Less than 24 hours after we expressed […]

The Orthodox Union, which represents the nation’s largest network of Orthodox synagogues, expresses its deepest sympathy to the Jewish community of Monsey, NY following the heinous act of terror last night. “With anti-Semitic attacks occurring on a daily basis, we can no longer respond with platitudes. Acts of anti-Semitism must be treated as domestic terrorism, […]

NEW YORK CITY; December 19, 2019 — The leadership of the Orthodox Union (OU) commends New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on today’s release of more than $10 million in security grants for nonpublic schools, camps community centers. This round follows the distribution of $14.8 million in May 2018. In total, New York State has appropriated […]