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The Orthodox Union’s Impact Accelerator Program Welcomes Eight New Social Entrepreneurs to This Year’s Cohort
The Orthodox Union’s Impact Accelerator Program Welcomes Eight New...
Innovative Nonprofits Tackling Communal Issues Set to Transform the Jewish Communal Landscape    OU Impact Accelerator, a division of the Orthodox Union that supports promising Jewish nonprofits poised to transform
Mar 20, 2025
By OU Staff
Orthodox Union To Host Inaugural Fair For Retirees Considering Relocation
Orthodox Union To Host Inaugural Fair For Retirees Considering...
Virtual Retire and Relocate Fair in May to Showcase Jewish Communities With Housing, Religious Infrastructure, and Programming for Older Adults   In an exciting first for the Orthodox Union and
Mar 19, 2025
By OU Staff
Landmark Orthodox Union Study Informs Communal Understanding of Individuals who Leave Orthodoxy
Landmark Orthodox Union Study Informs Communal Understanding of Individuals...
Encouragingly, Many Who Leave Continue to Maintain Strong Ties With Orthodox Family, Friends, Traditions, and Shuls   A groundbreaking study from the Orthodox Union’s Center for Communal Research (CCR) sheds
Mar 17, 2025
By OU Staff
Orthodox Union Marks 125 Years of Strengthening Jewish Life, Building a Religiously-Vibrant Community, and Advancing Communal...
Orthodox Union Marks 125 Years of Strengthening Jewish Life,...
The OU’s Biennial Convention and Evening of Appreciation Highlighted Its Century-Plus Commitment to Jewish Values, Innovation, Communal Growth      From its beginnings as a kosher certification agency to its
Mar 11, 2025
By OU Staff
Your Vote Matters
Your Vote Matters
Over the past five years I have been blessed to make a lot of new friends, very good friends, Jews who are not part of the Orthodox community with whom
Mar 11, 2025
By OU Staff
OU Statement on the Release of Murdered Hostages
OU Statement on the Release of Murdered Hostages
The October 7 image of Shiri Bibas captured the essence of that dark day and the contrast between its two sides: a horrified and fiercely protective Jewish mother shielding her
Feb 20, 2025
By OU Staff
15,000 Women Worldwide to Study Sefer Tehillim With OU Women’s Initiative’s Nach Yomi
15,000 Women Worldwide to Study Sefer Tehillim With OU...
With the Exponential Rise in the Recitation of Tehillim Post October 7, Now Is the Perfect Time to Deepen Your Connection to These Critical Tefillot Between juggling family, work, and
Feb 9, 2025
By OU Staff
Yachad Opens Adult Day Program in Baltimore to Enrich Lives of Individuals with Disabilities
Yachad Opens Adult Day Program in Baltimore to Enrich...
The center offers a full range of vocational training, life skills development, and day program services Yachad is launching a new adult day program for adults with emotional, intellectual, and
Feb 6, 2025
By OU Staff
Orthodox Union Launches New Department to Engage Emerging Career Professionals
Orthodox Union Launches New Department to Engage Emerging Career...
Geared for the Post-College to Late-30s Demographic, ECP Offers Meaningful Programs and Opportunities to Connect to the Jewish Community In her decade of communal service in Europe and North America,
Feb 6, 2025
By OU Staff
Bridging Communities: OU Relief Missions and JLIC at Rutgers Transform Lives in Mumbai and Mokhada
Bridging Communities: OU Relief Missions and JLIC at Rutgers...
This winter break, OU Relief Missions, in partnership with JLIC at Rutgers, embarked on a transformative journey to India, led by Rabbi Oran Bendelstein, OU Relief Missions, and Rabbi Avi Schwartz, JLIC
Jan 16, 2025
By OU Staff

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