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Senior DOJ leaders meet with Orthodox Union to discuss efforts to combat antisemitism

Assistant A-G for civil rights Harmeet Dhillon assured the Orthodox leaders that the DOJ is using "all the tools available to us across the federal government."

 Senior leaders of the US Department of Justice (DOJ) met with the Orthodox Union Advocacy Center (OUA) to discuss ongoing efforts to combat antisemitism.
 This type of cancer is 'getting younger'. Drinking a glass of milk daily may help.

Could changes at the FDA call the kosher status of milk into question? Many are asking.

 Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to be ambassador to Israel, testifies during his Senate Foreign Relations Committee confirmation hearing at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on March 25, 2025 in Washington, DC.

OU Advocacy urges Senate to confirm Huckabee as ambassador to Israel

 ‘Chanukat habayit’: (L-R) OU COO Rabbi Dr. Josh Joseph; Sderot Mayor Alon Davidi; Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion; OU Israel President Stuart Hershkowitz; OU President Mitch Aeder; OU Israel Executive Director Rabbi Avi Berman.

OU Israel inaugurates new headquarters


OU Israel inaugurates new Jerusalem headquarters as President Herzog praises its role during crisis

“At this time of crisis, OU Israel says ‘Here I am,’” President Herzog declares at ceremony.

Rabbi Avi Berman speaking at the new OU Center in Jerusalem

From snout to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig

Rabbi Menachem Genack, the CEO of the Orthodox Union’s kosher division, cited "sensitivities to the consumer" for why "Impossible Pork" wasn't kosher certified.

 A herd of Iberian pigs sniff at Langenal pig farm, in Farajan, southern Spain, June 17, 2024.

Jerusalem Vibe: Big moves for the new year

The Israeli branch of the Orthodox Union is pursuing a new decentralized model in which it will partner with local synagogues around Jerusalem and beyond. 

 OU Israel Center.

Orthodox Union delivers 180,000 letters to White House demanding return of the hostages

Orthodox Union delivers 180K letters to White House demanding hostage release, supporting Israel against Hamas.

 Orthodox Union delivers 180,000 letters to White House demanding return of the hostages

Orthodox Union to deliver 180,000 letters to White House, symbolizing 180 days since Oct. 7

"180 days of blind hate. 180 days of the world abandoning Israel. 130 hostages remain in captivity, with 96 presumed alive, including 8 Americans," a statement said. 

The White House is pictured in Washington D.C.

Orthodox women activists pledge to hold ‘sex strike’ to protest religious divorce refusal

An advocate for Jewish women whose estranged husbands are refusing to divorce them ritually, calls for post-mikvah sex to be seen as a natural site of protest.

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family takes part in the Tashlikh ritual, to symbolically cast away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel, October 3, 2022.

Mother of slain teen tells immigrant moms sending kids to war admirable

"Your sons and daughters are our heroes, going out there and doing everything in their power to protect the Jewish people, but this ability to serve our nation in such a way comes from you.”

 Mothers of soldiers, both active and fallen

Over 1,000 American rabbis from diverse backgrounds join forces to support Israel

"We hope and pray that the vision of the Hebrew prophets shall come to pass, that 'all shall sit under their vine and fig tree, and none shall make them afraid.'"

 Hundreds of people pray at the Kadoorie Mekor Haim Synagogue in Porto on Yom Kippur (The photograph was taken from a surveillance camera).

This is how Congress can protect US Jews in the coming New Year - opinion

The trend of rising antisemitism in the US seen in 2021 continued through 2022 and into 2023.

 IN A scene repeated across America, police stand guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken, New Jersey, 2022.

Orthodox Union, CSS join forces to enhance security in US Jewish communities

CSS will partner with the OU to support more constituents becoming involved in the protection of synagogues and Jewish centers amid the rising threat of attack.

 New Jersey police officers stand guard in front of the United Synagogue of Hoboken in New Jersey, U.S., November 4, 2022

OU leader: Jewish character of Israel should be a value of all Jews

Rabbi Moshe Hauer stands by his principles in dialogue with the reform movement. Nevertheless, he stresses the importance of remembering that all Jews are one family.

 Rabbi Moshe Hauer