Orthodox Union

The Weinstein and Dahan families, plus guests, at a Thanksgiving dinner event in Tel Aviv, on November 22, 2023. (courtesy)

November 23, 2023, 4:36 pm

In Tel Aviv, displaced families bring Israeli flavor to American-style Thanksgiving

Local Orthodox Union-affiliated group matches Gaza-area evacuee families with English-speaking immigrants for the festival of gratitude. ToI joined the Weinsteins and Dahans

By Gavriel Fiske

A full page ad from the Orthodox Union includes the text from a US House Resolution condemning antisemitism on college campuses. (Courtesy Orthodox Union via JTA)

November 9, 2023, 1:06 pm

Orthodox Union pitching ads condemning antisemitism to over 20 US campus newspapers

So far five papers have accepted the notice, which thanks Congress for resolution denouncing antisemitism and asks readers, ‘Where do you stand in this moment of truth?’

By Jackie Hajdenberg

A plane flies a banner protesting against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he visits Tesla's Fremont, California, factory on September 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

September 19, 2023, 12:56 pm

Daily Briefing Sept 19: Anti-overhaul protesters nip at Netanyahu’s heels on US trip

News editor Luke Tress on the organizations sending demonstrators to plague the PM; US bureau chief Jacob Magid on carrots and sticks for a peace deal

By ToI Staff

Illustrative: New York police secure a Jewish community event in New York City, May 19, 2022. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

September 13, 2023, 7:51 am

Ahead of holidays, Jewish and congressional leaders urge increased security funding

Federal Nonprofit Security Grant Program used to secure Jewish institutions falls short of demand as antisemitism spikes in US, Jewish groups say

By Luke Tress

Orthodox Union's Rabbi Menachem Genack, left, visits Israeli startup SuperMeat as part of the company's kosher certification process. (Courtesy/SuperMeat)

September 6, 2023, 8:47 pm

In first, leading kosher authority Orthodox Union certifies lab-grown meat

Israeli startup SuperMeat’s chicken products sidestep restrictions on using parts of living animals by growing meat from egg stem cells

By Luke Tress

The US Supreme Court is seen on Thursday, June 29, 2023, in Washington. (AP/Mariam Zuhaib)

June 30, 2023, 2:08 am

Jewish groups fete Supreme Court ruling bolstering religious accommodation rule

Decision raises standard for employers refusing to give workers a Sabbath day off to a ‘substantial’ hardship, putting ‘real teeth into the law,’ says AJC legal officer

By Ron Kampeas

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in the lobby of the Citibank headquarters in New York on March 14, 2023. (Courtesy)

March 14, 2023, 9:52 pm

In New York, Smotrich predicts compromise on overhaul that ‘mainstream’ will accept

Finance minister tells Citibank executives ‘noise’ over overhaul will ‘settle down’; meeting with ZOA’s Klein, discusses removing the ‘grandchild clause’ in the Law of Return

By Jacob Magid and Luke Tress

A Palestinian man walks between scorched cars in a scrapyard after a settler riot, in the town of Huwara, near the West Bank city of Nablus, February 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

February 28, 2023, 5:03 am

As US Jewish groups condemn Huwara settler rampage, many avoid mentioning Netanyahu

Some mainstream organizations express outrage over deadly riot against Palestinians, refrain from direct criticism of government; Orthodox Union urges ‘clear and strong leadership’

By Ron Kampeas

Nick Fuentes, far-right activist, holds a rally at the Lansing Capitol, in Lansing, Michigan, November 11, 2020. (Nicole Hester/ Ann Arbor News via AP)

November 28, 2022, 9:53 pm

Trump’s own ex-antisemitism envoy is latest to bash him for Kanye, Fuentes meeting

Elan Carr calls on old boss to condemn Kanye West and Holocaust denier who he dined with at Mar-a-Lago; Orthodox Union calls pair country’s ‘most vicious antisemitic figures’

By ToI Staff, Jacob Magid and Luke Tress

The US Supreme Court building in Washington, June 27, 2022. (AP/Patrick Semansky, File)

September 29, 2022, 5:12 am

Orthodox Jewish groups join evangelical Christian mailman’s US Supreme Court case

Orthodox Union-7th Day Adventist brief argues that minority faiths not marking Sabbath on Sunday are likelier to face discrimination since that’s the preferred day to accommodate

By Ron Kampeas

Jewish man wearing tefillin and reading religious text. (Getty Images)

September 22, 2022, 8:25 am

New Shabbat-friendly security system will alert US synagogues to potential danger

Currently being trialed, device enables command center to notify congregants of possible threat, without worshipers touching electronics generally forbidden on Shabbat

By Andrew Lapin

Illustrative: In this photo taken August 8, 2017, Megan Mitchum decorates the outside of a classroom in preparation for the start of the school year at the Mountain View Christian Schools in Las Vegas. (AP/John Locher)

June 21, 2022, 9:44 pm

US Supreme Court says religious schools can’t be barred from state tuition aid

Justices say Maine’s denial of funds to religious schools is unconstitutional; Orthodox Union hails decision as a win ‘for religious liberty and parental choice in education’

By AP and ToI Staff

Cassville Crossroads Historic District, Jackson Township, NJ, September 9, 2012. (Wikimedia Commons via JTA)

June 18, 2022, 1:13 pm

New Jersey town settles lawsuit over ordinance said aimed at keeping out yeshivas

Jackson must replace ordinance with one that allows ‘religious elementary and secondary schools, religious higher learning institutions, and religious residential schools’

By Ron Kampeas

A law enforcement officer lights a candle outside Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP/Jae C. Hong)

May 26, 2022, 1:07 am

Jewish groups share horror over Texas shooting, but remain split on gun control

Organizations affiliated with liberal and progressive streams of Judaism call for reforms after latest mass killing, but others shy away from taking politically fraught stance

By Ron Kampeas

The US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on December 4, 2021. (Daniel Slim/AFP)

December 8, 2021, 9:51 pm

US Supreme Court appears to back state funds for religious schools

Conservative justices indicate not offering funds to religious schools could discriminate, in case supporting tuition aid for private schools, closely followed by Jewish groups

By AP and ToI Staff