Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
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Name (Latin)
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Other forms of name
Iḥud ha-Ḳehilot ha-Ḥarediyot ba-Ameriḳah
O.U. (Orthodox Union (U.S.))
OU (Orthodox Union (U.S.))
Orthodox Union (U.S.)
Union of Orthodox Congregations of America
Union of Orthodox Congregations (U.S.)
Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. Synagogue Services Division
Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America. Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services
Orthodox Union
O. U. (Orthodox Union)
U.O.J.C.A. (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)
UOJCA (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)
OU (Orthodox Union)
Start period
1898
Place of residence/headquarters
New York (N.Y.)
Associated Language
engheb
Biographical or Historical Data
estab. 1898
Sources of Information
- Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014(estab. 1898)
- Its Reports, etc. of the ... convention, 1913.
- OCLC 7139305: Orthodox Jewish life(hdg.: Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; usage: Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)
- Jewish life(Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America : 1975). Jewish life, fall, winter 1977-78: t.p. (Union of Orthodox Congregations of America) p. 1 (Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)
- Yisgadal veyiskadash, 1943 :cover title (Union of Orthodox Congregations of America, 305 Broadway, New York, N.Y.)
- American Jewish yrbk. 1939(Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; Union of Orthodox Congregations)
- Leavitt, M. The JDC story, 1953(Union of Orthodox Congregations)
- Encyc. Judaica., 1971(Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America; U.O.J.C.A.)
- Info from City Univ. of New York, 5 Nov. 1997(Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America remains the official name of this body, but Orthodox Union appears on some publications in addition to its abbreviation, OU)
- Mesorah, Oct. 1989:t.p. (Iḥud ha-Ḳehilot ha-Ḥarediyot ba-Ameriḳah) added t.p. (Union Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)
- NUCMC data from Jewish Museum of Maryland for Council of Orthodox Jewish Congregations (Baltimore, Md.). Collection, 1958-1996(The Council of Orthodox Jewish Congregations was conceived in 1947 and incorporated in June 1959 and is affiliated with the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America)
- Essays in honor of Israel's 70th, 2018:title page (Orthodox Union, Pepa & Rabbi Joseph Karasick Department of Synagogue & Community Services)