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Orthodox Union, the Glossary

The Orthodox Union (abbreviated OU) is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish organizations in the United States.^[1]

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Jewish organizations established in 1898
Jewish religious organizations
Kosher food certification organizations
Modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States
Rabbinical organizations

Agriprocessors

Agriprocessors was the corporate identity of a slaughterhouse and meat-packaging factory based in Postville, Iowa, best known as a facility for the glatt kosher processing of cattle, as well as chicken, turkey, duck, and lamb.

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ArtScroll is an imprint of translations, books and commentaries from an Orthodox Jewish perspective published by Mesorah Publications, Ltd., a publishing company based in Rahway, New Jersey.

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Ashkenazi Jews

Ashkenazi Jews (translit,; Ashkenazishe Yidn), also known as Ashkenazic Jews or Ashkenazim, constitute a Jewish diaspora population that emerged in the Holy Roman Empire around the end of the first millennium CE. They traditionally spoke Yiddish and largely migrated towards northern and eastern Europe during the late Middle Ages due to persecution.

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Baal teshuva

In Judaism, a ba'al teshuvah (בעל תשובה; for a woman, בעלת תשובה, or; plural, בעלי תשובה,, 'owner of return ') is a Jew who adopts some form of traditional religious observance after having previously followed a secular lifestyle or a less frum form of Judaism.

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Baruch Lanner

Baruch S. Lanner (born October 20, 1949), accessed via.

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Chief executive officer

A chief executive officer (CEO) (chief executive (CE), or managing director (MD) in the UK) is the highest officer charged with the management of an organization especially a company or nonprofit institution.

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Chumash (Judaism)

Chumash (also Ḥumash; חומש, or or Yiddish:; plural Ḥumashim) is a Torah in printed and book bound form (i.e. codex) as opposed to a Sefer Torah, which is a scroll. The word comes from the Hebrew word for five, (חמש).

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Conservative Judaism

Conservative Judaism, also known as Masorti Judaism (translit), is a Jewish religious movement that regards the authority of Jewish law and tradition as emanating primarily from the assent of the people through the generations, more than from divine revelation.

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David Wolpe

David J. Wolpe (born September 19, 1958) is an American rabbi.

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Fraud

In law, fraud is intentional deception to secure unfair or unlawful gain, or to deprive a victim of a legal right.

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Frederick de Sola Mendes

Frederick de Sola Mendes (July 8, 1850 – October 26, 1927) was a rabbi, author, and editor.

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Halakha

Halakha (translit), also transliterated as halacha, halakhah, and halocho, is the collective body of Jewish religious laws that are derived from the Written and Oral Torah.

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Haredi Judaism

Haredi Judaism (translit,; plural Haredim) is a branch of Orthodox Judaism that is characterized by its strict interpretation of religious sources and its accepted (Jewish law) and traditions, in opposition to more accommodating or modern values and practices.

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Hebrew language

Hebrew (ʿÎbrit) is a Northwest Semitic language within the Afroasiatic language family.

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Hechsher

A hechsher or hekhsher (הֶכְשֵׁר "prior approval"; plural: hechsherim) is a rabbinical product certification, qualifying items (usually foods) that conform to the requirements of Jewish religious law. Orthodox Union and hechsher are kosher food certification organizations.

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Heinz

The H. J. Heinz Company was an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

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Heinz Baked Beans

Heinz Baked Beans are a brand of baked beans produced by the H.J. Heinz Company.

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Henry Pereira Mendes

Henry Pereira Mendes (13 April 1852 – 21 October 1937), was an American rabbi who was born in Birmingham, England and died in New York City.

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Herbert S. Goldstein

Herbert S. Goldstein (February 8, 1890 – January 1970) was a prominent American rabbi and Jewish leader.

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Identity theft

Identity theft, identity piracy or identity infringement occurs when someone uses another's personal identifying information, like their name, identifying number, or credit card number, without their permission, to commit fraud or other crimes.

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Irving Greenberg

Irving Yitzchak Greenberg (born May 16, 1933), also known as Yitz Greenberg, is an American scholar, author and rabbi.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Southern Levant, West Asia.

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Jeff Sessions

Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III (born December 24, 1946) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 84th United States attorney general from 2017 to 2018.

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Jewish day school

A Jewish day school is a modern Jewish educational institution that is designed to provide children of Jewish parents with both a Jewish and a secular education in one school on a full-time basis.

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Jewish prayer

Jewish prayer (תְּפִילָּה,; plural; tfile, plural תּפֿלות; Yinglish: davening from Yiddish דאַוון 'pray') is the prayer recitation that forms part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism.

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Jewish Theological Seminary of America

The Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS) is a Conservative Jewish education organization in New York City, New York.

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Jews

The Jews (יְהוּדִים) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites of the ancient Near East, and whose traditional religion is Judaism.

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Jonathan Safran Foer

Jonathan Safran Foer (born February 21, 1977) is an American novelist.

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Jonathan Sarna

Jonathan D. Sarna (born 10 January 1955) is the Joseph H. and Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History in the department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies and director of at Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

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Joseph B. Soloveitchik

Joseph Ber Soloveitchik (יוסף דב הלוי סולובייצ׳יק Yosef Dov ha-Levi Soloveychik; February 27, 1903 – April 9, 1993) was a major American Orthodox rabbi, Talmudist, and modern Jewish philosopher.

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Joseph Hertz

Joseph Herman Hertz (25 September 1872 – 14 January 1946) was a British Rabbi and biblical scholar.

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Kashrut

(also or, כַּשְׁרוּת) is a set of dietary laws dealing with the foods that Jewish people are permitted to eat and how those foods must be prepared according to Jewish law.

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Kashruth Council of Canada

Kashruth Council of Canada (better known as COR), is a kosher certification agency in Canada. Orthodox Union and Kashruth Council of Canada are kosher food certification organizations.

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Koren Siddur

The Koren Siddur refers to a family of siddurim published by Koren Publishers Jerusalem beginning in 1981.

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Kosher certification agency

A kosher certification agency is an organization or certifying authority that grants a hechsher (הכשר, "seal of approval") to ingredients, packaged foods, beverages, and certain materials, as well as food-service providers and facilities in which kosher food is prepared or served. Orthodox Union and kosher certification agency are kosher food certification organizations.

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Mashgiach

A mashgiach (משגיח, "supervisor";, mashgichim) or mashgicha (pl. mashgichot) is a Jew who supervises the kashrut status of a kosher establishment.

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Meat-packing industry

The meat-packing industry (also spelled meatpacking industry or meat packing industry) handles the slaughtering, processing, packaging, and distribution of meat from animals such as cattle, pigs, sheep and other livestock.

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Mechitza

A mechitza (מחיצה, partition or division, pl.: מחיצות) in Judaism is a partition, particularly one that is used to separate men and women.

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Menachem Genack

Menachem Genack (born 1949) is an Orthodox rabbi and the CEO of the Orthodox Union Kosher Division, a supervisory organization of.

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Messiah in Judaism

The Messiah in Judaism is a savior and liberator figure in Jewish eschatology who is believed to be the future redeemer of the Jews.

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Modern Orthodox Judaism

Modern Orthodox Judaism (also Modern Orthodox or Modern Orthodoxy) is a movement within Orthodox Judaism that attempts to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law with the modern world.

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NCSY

NCSY (formerly known as the National Conference of Synagogue Youth) is a Jewish youth group under the auspices of the Orthodox Union. Orthodox Union and NCSY are modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States.

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New York City

New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.

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OK Kosher Certification

OK Kosher Certification is a major kosher certification agency based out of Brooklyn, NY. Orthodox Union and oK Kosher Certification are kosher food certification organizations.

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Orthodox Judaism

Orthodox Judaism is the collective term for the traditionalist branches of contemporary Judaism.

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Orthodox Union Kosher

Orthodox Union Kosher, known as OU Kosher or OUK, is a kosher certification agency based in New York City. Orthodox Union and Orthodox Union Kosher are kosher food certification organizations.

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Philip Birnbaum

Philip Birnbaum (March 30, 1904 – March 19, 1988) was an American religious author and translator.

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Pinchas Stolper

Pinchas Aryeh Stolper (October 22, 1931 – May 25, 2022) was an American Orthodox rabbi and writer, who was a spokesman for Jewish Orthodoxy through his writings and books popularizing Orthodox Judaism.

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Postville, Iowa

Postville is a village in Allamakee and Clayton counties in the U.S. state of Iowa.

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Rabbi

A rabbi (רַבִּי|translit.

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Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary

Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) is the rabbinical seminary of Yeshiva University (YU).

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Rabbinical Council of America

The Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) is one of the world's largest organizations of Orthodox rabbis; it is affiliated with The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, more commonly known as the Orthodox Union (OU). Orthodox Union and Rabbinical Council of America are modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States and rabbinical organizations.

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Reform Judaism

Reform Judaism, also known as Liberal Judaism or Progressive Judaism, is a major Jewish denomination that emphasizes the evolving nature of Judaism, the superiority of its ethical aspects to its ceremonial ones, and belief in a continuous revelation which is closely intertwined with human reason and not limited to the Theophany at Mount Sinai.

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Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism (Tziyonut Datit) is an ideology that views Zionism as a fundamental component of Orthodox Judaism.

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Sephardic Jews

Sephardic Jews (Djudíos Sefardíes), also known as Sephardi Jews or Sephardim, and rarely as Iberian Peninsular Jews, are a Jewish diaspora population associated with the Iberian Peninsula (Spain and Portugal).

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Shabbat

Shabbat (or; Šabbāṯ) or the Sabbath, also called Shabbos by Ashkenazim, is Judaism's day of rest on the seventh day of the week—i.e., Saturday.

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Shechita

In Judaism, shechita (anglicized:; שחיטה;; also transliterated shehitah, shechitah, shehita) is ritual slaughtering of certain mammals and birds for food according to kashrut.

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Siddur

A siddur (סִדּוּר sīddūr,; plural siddurim סִדּוּרִים) is a Jewish prayer book containing a set order of daily prayers.

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Six-Day War

The Six-Day War, also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between Israel and a coalition of Arab states (primarily Egypt, Syria, and Jordan) from 5 to 10 June 1967.

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Slaughterhouse

In livestock agriculture and the meat industry, a slaughterhouse, also called an abattoir, is a facility where livestock animals are slaughtered to provide food.

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In the United States, a Social Security number (SSN) is a nine-digit number issued to U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and temporary (working) residents under section 205(c)(2) of the Social Security Act, codified as.

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Solomon Schechter

Solomon Schechter (שניאור זלמן הכהן שכטר&lrm;; 7 December 1847 – 19 November 1915) was a Moldavian-born British-American rabbi, academic scholar and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of American Conservative Judaism.

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Synagogue

A synagogue, also called a shul or a temple, is a place of worship for Jews and Samaritans.

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Synagogue Council of America

The Synagogue Council of America was an American Jewish organization of synagogue and rabbinical associations, founded in 1926.

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The Jewish Press

The Jewish Press is an American weekly newspaper based in Brooklyn, New York City.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism

The United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism (USCJ) is the major congregational organization of Conservative Judaism in North America, and the largest Conservative Jewish communal body in the world.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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Who is a Jew?

"Who is a Jew?" (מיהו יהודי) is a basic question about Jewish identity and considerations of Jewish self-identification.

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Yale University Press

Yale University Press is the university press of Yale University.

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Yeshiva University

Yeshiva University is a private Orthodox Jewish university with four campuses in New York City. Orthodox Union and Yeshiva University are modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodox_Union

Also known as Circle U, OU Life, The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, The orthodox union, UOJCA, Union of Orthodox Congregations, Union of Orthodox Congregations of America, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations, Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.

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See also

Jewish organizations established in 1898

Jewish religious organizations

Kosher food certification organizations

Modern Orthodox Judaism in the United States

Rabbinical organizations

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