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Our Way of the OU Debuts New Pushka
Many organizations have pushkas, or collection boxes, that have become staples in classrooms, offices, and restaurants. Now, Our Way for the Jewish Deaf and Hard of Hearing, of the Orthodox...
Jun 4, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Co-Sponsoring International Conference on Jewish Medical Ethics in...
Jewish laws and values are so all-encompassing that they touch upon nearly every part of life – business dealings, milestones in life such as birth, marriage and death – and health...
Jun 4, 2009
By OU Staff
OU To Honor West Coast Region, West Coast NCSY,...
On Tuesday, June 23, the West Coast Region of the Orthodox Union will hold its Annual Awards Banquet celebrating two 40th anniversaries: that of the Orthodox Union’s West Coast Region and...
Jun 3, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Press Hires Rabbi Gil Student to be Managing...
He’s a student of the publishing industry with hands-on experience running his own book company; he’s a knowledgeable businessman with years of experience in finance; he’s a mathematician comfortable with probability...
May 26, 2009
By OU Staff
OU Supports California Same-Sex Marriage Ruling
The Orthodox Union, the nation's largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, today issued the following statement in reaction to the California Supreme Court's upholding of Proposition 8, which was passed in November...
May 26, 2009
By OU Staff
Rabbi Burg to Visit Munich for Historic Rabbinical Ordination,...
On Tuesday, June 2, Zsolt Balla and Avraham Radbill will become the first Orthodox rabbis to receive semicha (rabbinical ordination) in Germany since before the Holocaust, over 70 years ago. Rabbis...
May 22, 2009
By OU Staff
OU PLEDGES CONTINUED EFFORTS TO PROTECT SHULS
Following the capture of four suspected terrorists planning to bomb two synagogues in the Riverdale section of New York, including Orthodox Union member congregation Riverdale Jewish Center (RJC), the OU pledged...
May 21, 2009
By OU Staff
ORTHODOX UNION COMMENDS ANTI-TERROR ARRESTS IN OPERATION REGARDING ORTHODOX...
Joint operation underscores threat to vulnerable synagogues and other nonprofits. Today, the Orthodox Union (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America), the nation's largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization, commended the FBI, NYPD...
May 21, 2009
By OU Staff
ORTHODOX UNION MESSAGE TO RABBIS OF RIVERDALE SYNAGOGUES THREATENED...
Dear Rabbi Rosenblatt and Rabbi Lewis; It is with gratitude to God that we express our solidarity with the Riverdale Jewish Center, an Orthodox Union member synagogue, and to its neighbor,...
May 21, 2009
By OU Staff
OU’S ORTHODOX COMMUNITIES NETWORK, WWW.OU.ORG/OCN, SHOWCASES 335 LOCALES COAST...
Contrary to the belief of some, there are prominent Jewish communities outside of the New York area – plenty of them, in fact. So if you’re looking to visit one...
May 21, 2009
By OU Staff

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