Gov. Kathy Hochul visited the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Lower Manhattan last Wednesday to announce an increase in state funding to help secure communities against hate crimes.
“This place …
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10/14/21
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This Sunday’s Orthodox Union Tisha B’Av program will focus on contemporary tragedies affecting the Jewish people as well as the destruction of the Temples and other calamities throughout …
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7/16/21
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Following a vote of confidence in the Knesset on Sunday, leaders of American organizations with an interest in Israel sent congratulations to the new democratically elected Israeli leaders while …
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By Dmitriy Shapiro, JNS
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6/17/21
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The Orthodox Union has appointed Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph of Lawrence as its executive vice president and chief operating officer. Rabbi Joseph will work alongside the OU’s recently appointed …
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7/9/20
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Even before the coronavirus pandemic hit the New York region in March, the Orthodox community was on edge.
A surge in anti-Semitic incidents targeting visibly Orthodox Jews climaxed with an attack …
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By Shira Hanau, JTA
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7/2/20
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After two decades as a volunteer for the Orthodox Union and the past six years as the organization’s executive vice president, Woodmere resident Allen Fagin is retiring from a job for the …
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By Jeffrey Bessen, Herald Newspapers
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7/2/20
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For Orthodox Jewish advocacy groups, the last day of the US Supreme Court’s 2020 session brought a big win.
On Tuesday, the high court handed school voucher proponents a victory in ruling …
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By Shira Hanau, JTA
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7/2/20
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We are saddened, sickened, and outraged to have seen another broadcast video of an African American man dying at the hands of police officers. …
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By the Orthodox Union
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6/1/20
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When Rabbi Moshe Hauer last week told Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top health adviser, that synagogues wouldn’t let congregants sit within 8 feet of each other once services resume, he was previewing a set of formal guidelines that the organization he helps lead, the Orthodox Union, would release just a day later. …
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By Marcy Oster, JTA
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5/13/20
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With an eye on the eventual reopening of shuls, the Orthodox Union and the Rabbinical Council of America issued a detailed statement on Friday afternoon listing 13 “principles that should …
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By the OU and RCA
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5/8/20
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