As a community, our collective hearts and minds watched as Hurricane Dorian devastated the Bahamas and threatened many East Coast communities. The OU was front and center monitoring the storm and communicating with community leadership to offer any necessary assistance. We extend our heartfelt appreciation to the Atlanta community who graciously opened their homes to […]

Yaakov Shwekey concert highlights program for children with special needs & debuts new song dedicated to three boys killed in Gush Etzion RISHON LEZION, Israel – The Orthodox Union’s Israel arm celebrated its 40th anniversary in a gala concert in Live Park featuring international entertainer Yaakov Shwekey. Drawing more than 5,000 Israelis and visitors, the […]

For the second time in 2019, the Teach NJ organization scored a major legislative victory. On Friday, August 23, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed into law S. 2660, which creates a grant program to help fund the salaries of public school teachers of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) who also teach these subjects […]

NEW YORK – The Orthodox Union (OU), the nation’s oldest and largest umbrella organization for the North American Orthodox Jewish community, has named Rabbi Ari Rockoff its first director of strategic partnerships. In this role, Rockoff will be responsible for managing the OU’s portfolio of major funding partners, including foundations, federations, corporations and major Jewish […]

Day of Learning will Offer Top Scholars Addressing Issues like Artificial Intelligence and Shabbat, Teshuva and the Internet and Forgiving the Unforgivable NEW YORK – Leading rabbinic scholars, educators and Jewish communal leaders will be featured at the Orthodox Union’s (OU) third annual Torah New York on Sunday, September 22, 2019. The event, hosted by […]

Last week, just before Yom NCSY in Park Ra’anana, over one-hundred members of the OU Benefactor Circle, along with their families and Orthodox Union leadership, attended a special dinner with former Israeli Minister of Justice and current chairwoman of the New Right party, Ayelet Shaked, who was the featured speaker. The dinner was co-chaired by […]

The Associated Press picked up a story about a major budget victory achieved by Teach PA. The article has since appeared int he New York Times, the Washington Post and many other publications. Read the full story

On Tuesday, June 18th, OU West Coast celebrated its 50th Anniversary with a Gala banquet honoring Rabbi Alan and Sandy Kalinsky along with Pat’s Restaurant and Catering. The Kalinskys received the Keter Shem Tov Award. Rabbi Kalinsky has been with the OU West Coast for more than three decades. Pat’s Restaurant and Catering were awarded […]

100 WOMEN FROM 56 COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, ISRAEL, UNITED KINGDOM & SOUTH AFRICA JOINED EXPERTS AND LAY LEADERS TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES OF MODERN JEWISH COMMUNAL LEADERSHIP WOODCLIFF LAKE, New Jersey – The Orthodox Union Women’s Initiative hosted its inaugural Leadership Summit, a lay leadership conference designed to encourage and develop women serving as […]

New Jersey NJ –  NCSY, the youth movement of the Orthodox Union, announces that Rabbi Ethan Katz, who has served as the New Jersey NCSY Regional Director since 2013, will become NCSY’s National Director of Relief Missions, a new national initiative NCSY is launching this year.  Rabbi Katz has partnered with dozens of local schools […]