Orthodox Union

Orthodox Union
תורה ומצוות
	Current logo
Abbreviation	OU
Formation	1898
Founder	Henry Pereira Mendes
Headquarters	New York City, US
Coordinates	40°42′19″N 74°00′51″W / 40.70528°N 74.01417°W
President	Mitchel R. Aeder
Chairman	Yehuda Neuberger
Affiliations	Orthodox Judaism
Website	www.ou.org
Formerly called	Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America

The Orthodox Union (abbreviated OU)^{[note 1]} is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish organizations in the United States. Founded in 1898,^[2] the OU supports a network of synagogues, youth programs, Jewish and Religious Zionist advocacy programs, programs for the disabled, localized religious study programs, and international units with locations in Israel and formerly in Ukraine. The OU maintains a kosher certification service, whose circled-U hechsher symbol, U+24CA Ⓤ CIRCLED LATIN CAPITAL LETTER U, is found on the labels of many kosher commercial and consumer food products.

Its synagogues and their rabbis typically identify themselves with Modern Orthodox Judaism.

^ "Israel Center (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)". WorldCat Identities. OCLC. Retrieved 12 Dec 2015.
^ Dr. L. (Yitzchok) Levine (November 23, 2005). "A Forgotten Champion of American Orthodoxy". The Jewish Press.

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[1] "Israel Center (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)". WorldCat Identities. OCLC. Retrieved 12 Dec 2015.

[UOJCA1898.JP_Levine-3] Dr. L. (Yitzchok) Levine (November 23, 2005). "A Forgotten Champion of American Orthodoxy". The Jewish Press.

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