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	Orthodox Union - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America™ (UOJCA), more popularly known as the Orthodox Union, or OU, is one of the oldest Orthodox Jewish organizations in the United States.
		This organization should not be confused with the Union of Orthodox Rabbis, a distinct Haredi rabbinical group with a similar name that was founded a few years after the OU.
		In 2005, the Orthodox Union again faced controversy because of an undercover video that documented animals at a kosher slaughterhouse in Iowa being shocked in the face with electric prods and slaughtered in an extremely cruel manner.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Orthodox_Union (1063 words)

	Rabbinical Council of America - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) is one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox Jewish rabbis; it is affiliated with The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, more commonly known as the Orthodox Union, or OU.
		The roots of the organization go back to 1923 when it was founded as the Rabbinical Council of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
		A merger took place in 1935 between the Rabbinical Council of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations and another Orthodox rabbinical group, the Rabbinical Association of the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary, a part of Yeshiva University.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Rabbinical_Council_of_America (364 words)

	Orthodox Judaism - Encyclopedia of Religion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Orthodox believe that they are the sole practitioners of the Jewish religious tradition and regard non-Orthodox rabbis and laypeople and non-Orthodox proselytes as gentiles.
		Orthodox Jews hold that both the written law (Torah) and the oral law (codified in the Mishna and interpreted in the Talmud) are immutably fixed and remain the sole norm of religious observance.
		It includes the modern Orthodox, who have largely integrated into modern society while maintaining observance of halakhah (Jewish Law), the Chasidim, who live separately and dress distinctively (commonly, but erroneously, referred to in the media as the "ultra-Orthodox"), and the Yeshivish Orthodox, who are neither Chasidic nor modern.
	www.religion-encyclopedia.com /O/orthodox_judaism.htm (485 words)

	HighBeam Encyclopedia - Judaism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Daily life was sanctified by the emphasis in Jewish law (halakah) on the ritual fitness of foods (kashrut), the recitation of blessings for a variety of mundane acts, and the daily, weekly, monthly and annual cycles of prayer.
		While the Jewish Middle Ages is usually defined by scholars as extending at least into the 18th cent., there was a Jewish counterpart to the general European Renaissance of the 15th and 16th cent., and figures such as Judah Abravanel were influenced by contemporary European philosophic currents.
		The Orthodox hold both the written law (Scriptures) and the oral laws (commentaries on the legal portions of the Scriptures) as authoritative, derived from God, while the Reform do not see them as authoritative in any absolute sense, but binding only in their ethical content.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/j/judaism.asp (1978 words)

	Boy Scouts Legal Issues: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations
		(Boy Scouts of America is not a party to the case.) As the DOD told the court, the National Scout Jamboree is a unique training event for the military because it requires the construction, maintenance, and disassembly of a “tent city” capable of supporting many thousands for a week or longer.
		Boy Scouts of America, which also was filed by the ACLU and currently is on appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
		The Boy Scouts is clearly a non-sectarian organization which welcomes participants of diverse faiths and backgrounds; many Orthodox synagogues sponsor Boy Scout troops and their needs are accommodated at the Jamboree.
	www.bsalegal.org /unionofo-227.htm (469 words)

	Orthodoxy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Jewish Orthodoxy resolutely refuses to accept the position of Reform Judaism that the Bible and other sacred Jewish writings contain not only eternally valid moral principles but also historically and culturally conditioned adaptations and interpretations of the Law that may be legitimately discarded in modern times.
		Orthodox Judaism has resisted modern pressures to modify its observance and has held fast to such practices as daily worship, dietary laws (kashruth), traditional prayers and ceremonies, regular and intensive study of the Torah, and separation of men and women in the synagogue.
		Most Orthodox rabbis are affiliated with the Rabbinical Council of America, the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada, or the Rabbinical Alliance of America.
	www.humanities.uci.edu /~rmoeller/body/orthodoxy.html (350 words)

	j. - Tiny rabbinical group under fire for disavowing non-Orthodox
		Nearly everyone -- from the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, which many mistakenly thought was the source of the statement, to the main organization of Reform rabbis -- decried the position of the group, the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada.
		In fact, the Union of Orthodox Rabbis is the oldest and, for a long time, was the pre-eminent Orthodox rabbinical organization in the country.
		The rabbinical union's statement was prompted by steps those movements have taken abrogating Jewish law, Rabbi Hersh Ginsberg, its director, said in an interview in the book-lined study of his home in the Boro Park section of Brooklyn.
	www.jewishsf.com /content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/5815/edition_id/108/format/html/displaystory.html (1317 words)

	Judaism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Orthodox Judaism holds that the Torah was written by God and dictated to Moses, and that the laws within it are binding and unchanging.
		Orthodox Jews generally consider a 16th century CE Law code, the Shulkhan Arukh, to be the definitive codification of Jewish law, and assert a continuity between pre-Enlightenment Judaism and modern-day Orthodox Judaism.
		The entire congregation participates in the recital of such prayers by saying amen at their conclusion; it is with this act that the shatz's prayer becomes the prayer of the congregation.
	judaism.iqnaut.net (7047 words)

	MyJewishLearning.com - History & Community: Orthodox in America I
		The synagogues they formed, including Congregation Shearith Israel, New York (1686), Congregation Nephuse Israel, Newport, Rhode Island (1754, changed to Yeshuat Israel in 1764), and Congregation Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia (1771), were responsible for the early institutions of Orthodox Jewish life in America.
		Congregations and religious institutions were formed along lines of national and cultural background.
		The founding of the Rabbinical Council of America in 1935 aggravated the strain between modern Orthodox clergy and the Eastern European rabbis of the Agudath ha-Rabbonim.
	www.myjewishlearning.com /history_community/Modern/ModernReligionCulture/MoreEmergence/Orthodox_Judaism/AmericanOrthodox.htm (1345 words)

	Jewish Religion Definitions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Samuel Holdheim (1806–60) rejected Jewish marriage and divorce laws as obsolete, arguing that such codes fell outside the ethical and doctrinal functions of Judaism and were superseded by the laws of the state.
		Jewish observance commemorating the rededication (164 BC) of the Second Temple of Jerusalem after its desecration three years earlier by order of Antiochus IV Epiphanes; the Syrian king was thus frustrated in his attempt to extirpate the Jewish faith.
		In Orthodox Judaism the dietary laws are considered implications of the divine command to “be holy” (Leviticus 19:2), but in Reform Judaism their observance has been declared to be unnecessary to the life of piety.
	www.humanities.uci.edu /~rmoeller/body/religious_terms.html (3925 words)

	TESTIMONY
		America’s synagogues, churches and other faith-based charities already play an important role in addressing many social challenges – through soup kitchens and literacy programs, clothing drives and job skills training, our faith communities remain the “little platoons” of our civilized society.
		As members of a minority religion in this country, we in the Orthodox Jewish community are terribly sensitive to the issue of religious coercion in general, and certainly in situations where government support, albeit indirect, is involved.
		In fact, in the incredibly diverse and fluid society that is America 2001, religious groups are increasingly open and reflective of that diversity.
	www.senate.gov /comm/judiciary/general/oldsite/te060601njd.htm (4044 words)

	Orthodox Omaha
		A member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, Beth Israel strives to perpetuate the legacy of Torah Judaism in the modern world and provide a home for those who wish to learn about and observe Halacha, Jewish Law.
		Since then, Jewish communities throughout the ages and throughout the world have made synagogues so that we may also enjoy the company of the divine presence.
		Beth Israel Synagogue is a member of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
	www.orthodoxomaha.org (185 words)

	Orthodox group's comments sparking outraged reactions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The controversial statement from the Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the U.S. and Canada, which claims a membership of 582 rabbis, read: "Reform and Conservative are not Judaism at all.
		The rabbinical union's statement was prompted by steps the Reform and Conservative movements have taken abrogating Jewish law, Rabbi Hersh Ginsberg, its director, said in an interview.
		The rabbinical union's comments prompted an avalanche of calls and e-mail correspondence to the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, which is more commonly known as the O.U., according to its officials.
	www.jewishaz.com /jewishnews/970328/orth.shtml (263 words)

	Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (OU)
		The Orthodox Union is the largest Orthodox Jewish umbrella organization and national spokesman for 1,000 synagogues; a not-for-profit educational, outreach and social service organization serving the North American Jewish community for over 100 years.
		Jewish Learning Initiative (JLI) â“ Young rabbinic couples serve in select college campuses across the country as catalysts for increased learning and Jewish involvement on campus including Israel education and activism.
		The Union is also the Orthodox communityâs leading Kashrut certification agency, provider of educational and consulting support to synagogues and home for Jewish youth programming.
	www.israeloncampuscoalition.org /aboutus/members/ou.htm (320 words)

	Jewish defections irk Dems=The Hill.com= (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The growing allegiance between the GOP and leaders in the Jewish community is due largely to Bush’s strong support of Israel and refusal to negotiate with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, Republican aides and Jewish lobbyists say.
		Clinton, who is an important liaison to the Jewish community as head of the Senate Democratic Steering Committee, pleased the groups by saying that foreign aid to the Palestinian government should be contingent on its effort to combat anti-Semitic and anti-American propaganda.
		An official at one Jewish group speculated that Democrats may be nervous about the defection of high-profile Jewish donors to the Republicans, noting that Corzine, who confronted the party’s image problem, is chairman of the DSCC.
	www.thehill.com /news/033004/jewish.aspx (987 words)

	Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Oversight Hearing 107-69, Review of Internal Revenue Code Section ...
		Jewish extremists are false prophets who use Judaism as an excuse to take from others what they have coveted for themselves.
		As we have seen one historian said, it was from the Puritan pulpit that the moral force of America was borne and strengthened.
		I don't believe he insults his congregation when he does it, and I am sure they are filled with thinking people just like your congregation is. But he believes it is important to do it, and it is part of the democratic pluralistic system we have.
	waysandmeans.house.gov /legacy/oversite/107cong/5-14-02/107-69final.htm (18676 words)

	Living as Jews in Christian America (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Bradford brought to America what is considered by most historians one of the first Hebrew to English translation and commentary on the Chumash and Psalms by the Christian Hebraist, Henry Ainsworth (1612).
		Through Ainsworth, America’s earliest settlers were exposed to the Noachide laws, the true meaning of “an eye for an eye,” and many other traditional Jewish interpretations of the Torah.
		Her Jewish soul was still parched and what is more, she wasn’t convinced that the liberal social causes she was urged to advocate were right.
	www.towardtradition.org /article_Living_as_Jews.htm (5045 words)

	Controversial Orthodox group seeks 'converts' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Orthodox rabbinical group that prompted recent fury from just about every other Jewish religious group in the United States is now beginning a campaign to bring Reform and Conservative Jews into Orthodoxy.
		The chancellor of the Conservative movement's Jewish Theological Seminary, Rabbi Ismar Schorsch, declined comment, saying, "I don't want to demean myself" by responding to the plans of a group as marginal as the Union of Orthodox Rabbis.
		Among the groups critical of the comments is the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, which respresents 1,000 synagogues and tens of thousands of individual members.
	www.jewishaz.com /jewishnews/970516/contro.shtml (237 words)

	Jewish and Israel News from New York - The Jewish Week (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The agreement comes 18 months after state and city officials warned of rising Jewish funeral costs in the city because of a monopoly on Jewish funeral homes they charged was being pursued by a Houston-based international funeral services conglomerate.
		While his firm has had longstanding package deals with Jewish organizations, for instance the Jewish Workman’s Circle and National Council of Young Israel, Goldstein says the agreement with the OU represents the largest yet.
		A 1999 city Consumer Affairs investigation found that the average cost of a funeral at an independent Jewish funeral home outside of Manhattan was $3,182, while the average price of an SCI-owned Jewish funeral in Manhattan was $4,716.
	www.thejewishweek.com /news/newscontent.php3?artid=2141 (815 words)

	Jewish Law - Law & Policy
		By The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; Institute for Public Affairs on Religion and the Schools
		By The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; Institute for Public Affairs
		Agudath Israel of America 3/8/99 Memorandum to the Honorable Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, New York City, RE: Constitutionality of Proposed Voucher Plan
	www.jlaw.com /LawPolicy (364 words)

	Combating Bias-motivated Hatred in America, Jewish Security and the Bill of Rights, Agenda 2000-2001
		It is important that Jewish institutions take all prudent measures to ensure the safety of their facilities for the staff, volunteers, and public that use them.
		However, at the same time, it is imperative that the Jewish community resist the understandable urge to transform its institutions into "fortresses," thereby inhibiting their openness and accessibility to Jews and the broader population they serve.
		The outpouring of support for the Jewish community in the wake of these events, and from the Jewish community to other victims, reminds us of the need to work together in coalition to create and sustain an overwhelming national consensus against bias-motivated hatred.
	www.jewishpublicaffairs.org /security/documents/hate_crimes.html (602 words)

	Orthodox (Jewish) Union Statement on Katrina and "Vouchers"
		The Center for Islamic Pluralism endorses the statement of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America (UOJCA) in opposition to attacks on federal aid to nonpublic schools, including religious schools, that have sheltered students displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
		So too, government aid delivered directly to parochial schools as part of a broader aid program for secular purposes on the basis of religion-neutral criteria is constitutional.
		While the UOJCA retains concerns over some provisions of S.1904 and how they might impede the pragmatic implementation of this relief program, we reject the incendiary rhetoric of the extremist enemies of the nonpublic school community and their calls for discrimination in disaster relief.
	www.islamicpluralism.org /texts/2005t/cipendorsesorthodox.htm (525 words)

	Jewish congregations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Most of its congregations are represented nationally by the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.
		Its national representatives are the Union of American Hebrew Congregations and the Central Conference of American Rabbis.
		The only formal titles in use are rabbi, for the spiritual leader of a congregation, and cantor, for the individual who leads the congregation in song.
	www.stthomas.edu /jour/apstyle/Jewish_congregations.html (215 words)

	AJC Regrets Union Of Orthodox Rabbis' Statement
		The American Jewish Committee regrets the decision by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis (Agudath HaRabbonim), a fringe element in right-wing Orthodoxy, to issue a statement declaring that the Reform and Conservative movements are "not Judaism." Such statements attempt to delegitimize Conservative and Reform Judaism.
		It is unfortunate that the Union of Orthodox Rabbis has chosen, with harsh words and intolerant spirit, to separate itself from the great majority of committed Jews.
		In that regard, the American Jewish Committee welcomes a statement from the Rabbinical Council of America and the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America repudiating the divisive comments of the Union of Orthodox Rabbis.
	www.charitywire.com /charity11/00287.html (214 words)

	SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY
		This eminently sensible, yet controversial, idea, boasts support from former DC delegate Walter Fauntroy, Nathan Diament of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America and such illustrious personages as Vitus Cheng of the Chinese Bible Church of Maryland.
		But Nathan Diament of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America shrugged off questions about his alliance with an allegedly pro-Hamas organization.
		Other Jewish members of the pro-Hamas, pro-marriage coalition either ignored inquiries or could not be reached for comment.
	www.jewishworldreview.com /0701/ou.hamas.asp (863 words)

	Weil Funeral Home - Further Resources
		Jewish law and tradition have endowed the funeral with profound religious significance.
		Prepared by the coalition for the Advancement of Jewish Education, Ron Isaacs, Susan Arlen, Richard Wagner Carolyn Starman Hessel, with the assistance of the Jewish Funeral Directors of America.
		This booklet is offered in the spirit of jewish tradition with the hope that it may provide valuable insights for families to share at a most difficult time.
	www.weilfuneralhome.com /brochures.html (495 words)

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