Category Archives: Orthodox Union

Civil War At Orthodox Union

It’s a soap opera. The infighting among board members led to R. Weil being forced out last spring and then getting back in this fall. It led to R. Burg being elevated last spring and then forced out this fall. … Continue reading

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Mashgiach Robert Frank Sues The Orthodox Union, Montefiore Hospital

Here’s some background to this dispute. COMES NOW, the Plaintiffs, ROBERT FRANK and BARBARA FRANK by and through their attorney, Sanford Kutner, whose new telephone number is 347-985-7777 and for a Complaint against the Defendants, state and allege as follows: … Continue reading

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Orthodox Union Removes Attorney Steven Friedman From Sunday Morning Panel

Rabbi Steven Weil, the Orthodox Union CEO, and Rabbi Alan Kalinsky (West Coast director of the Orthodox Union) have removed attorney Steven Friedman (I believe he charges his clients over $1,000 an hour but would’ve been doing this OU event … Continue reading

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Women In The Back Of The OU Bus?

Rabbi Rabbs emails me: “Staff members in the OU headquarters in NY that are expected to serve coffee to the other staffers. 100% women.” I was emailed this about the Orthodox Union: Lay Leadership – National Officers President Total women: … Continue reading

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Orthodox Union Kashrut

Mac emails: http://daattorah.blogspot.com/2010/06/analyzing-rubashkin-sentence.html?showComment=1277260920104#c1606277554340667533 Last week came the news that OU head of shechita Dokter Rabbiner Seth Mandel is overseeing shochtim who eat treif or are not otherwise shomrei Torah umitzvos. I asked a rov to look into this. A rather … Continue reading

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