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OU Regrets Unauthorized Link with Publication
A report in the Israeli daily newspaper Haaretz, dated July 19, 2009, discusses the distribution to members of the Israel Defense Forces of a booklet which asserts that the Pope and...
Jul 20, 2009
By OU Staff
Comptroller Thompson Meets Orthodox Jewish Leadership
Yesterday, New York City Comptroller William C. Thompson, Jr. visited the world headquarters of the Orthodox Union, the world’s largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, to meet with key lay and professional...
Jul 17, 2009
By OU Staff
Leon Kahn, of OU Kosher, Appointed New President of...
Leon Kahn of Washington Heights, NY a member of the Kashrut Division of the Orthodox Union, was recently appointed President of the Cantorial Council of America (CCA), the only international organization...
Jul 15, 2009
By OU Staff
Susan Holzman Wachsstock, of Miami and Hillel, Now the...
Admittedly, being born in North Carolina and spending the first part of one’s life at the Andrews Air Force Base, located in Maryland, is not very conducive to a religious Jewish...
Jul 14, 2009
By OU Staff
Orthodox Jewish Leader Comments on White House Meeting...
Stephen Savitsky, president of the Orthodox Union, was among a small group of American Jewish leaders who met yesterday with President Barack Obama.
Jul 14, 2009
By OU Staff
Rabbi Weinreb To Speak at OU’s Israel Center This...
Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb, Executive Vice President Emeritus of the Orthodox Union, will be the featured speaker at the OU’s Israel Center in Jerusalem this coming Shabbat weekend, on July 11,...
Jul 7, 2009
By OU Staff
OU West Coast Annual Awards Banquet Celebrates 40 Years...
The OU West Coast Region celebrated two 40th anniversaries at its Annual Awards Banquet, held in late June at the Sephardic Temple in Beverly Hills: the anniversary of the Region and...
Jul 7, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Job Board to Present Online Israel Job Interview...
The Orthodox Union’s OU Job Board is co-sponsoring an Online Israel Job Interview Fair on Sunday, August 2, that will connect olim (those who immigrate to Israel) as of summer 2009...
Jul 6, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Job Board and JCS of South Florida To...
The Orthodox Union Job Board and Jewish Community Services (JCS) of South Florida, two organizations that are deeply involved with dealing with the impact of the economic meltdown on their constituencies,...
Jul 6, 2009
By OU Staff
Orthodox Jewish Community Meets Connecticut Congressman Jim Hines
U.S. Congressman Jim Himes (D-CT-4) recently met in Stamford with leadership of the Orthodox Union, the nation's largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, and local Orthodox community leaders. The meeting took place...
Jul 1, 2009
By OU Staff

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