OU Advocacy Center

Thank you, Senator Alsobrooks, for taking the time to meet with OUA and NCSY students during their visit to Capitol Hill.

OUA hosted ~150 NCSY students in Washington today for advocacy training and meetings with decision-makers on Capitol Hill. It’s a powerful opportunity for them to learn about the importance of using their voice to make a difference.

Thank you to our sponsors for making the OU Advocacy Attorneys Conference possible.

Together, we’re bringing legal professionals and policymakers to Washington, D.C. to advance concrete strategies that combat antisemitism and protect fundamental freedoms through the law.

Interested in sponsoring? https://advocacy.ou.org/conference/sponsorships/

🚨ACTION ALERT🚨

140 children were inside Temple Israel when an attacker tried to carry out a mass shooting.

He was stopped—because of trained security personnel on site—the kind that are funded by the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP).

NSGP saves lives, but right now, it is underfunded and stalled in Congress.

Take action and tell your representatives to fully fund the NSGP NOW to protect our communities ➡️

Tell Congress to Fully Fund the Nonprofit Security Grant Program - OU Advocacy Center OU Advocacy is calling on Congress to fully fund NSGP at $500 million IMMEDIATELY so that no synagogue, school, or community center is forced to choose between security and solvency. Take a moment to send a letter to your representatives urging full NSG...

Are you a Jewish college student passionate about government, politics, or public policy?

LIAT (Leaders in Advocacy Training) gives you the skills, access, and connections to lead — with hands-on advocacy training, exclusive meetings with Members of Congress and federal policymakers in Washington, and a national network of driven peers and experienced mentors.

Applications open March 1 — be part of building the future of Jewish advocacy.

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We’re proud to see David Lederer, a member of our inaugural 2025 LIAT Fellowship class, standing up with courage and moral clarity against antisemitism at Columbia University.

By taking legal action alongside his brother, Jonathan, David is shedding light on the urgent need to protect Jewish students and uphold civil rights on campus.

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Today, we remember the 11 Jews who were murdered as they prayed on Shabbat morning at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh—the deadliest antisemitic attack in our nation’s history.

We remember Joyce Fienberg, Richard Gottfried, Rose Mallinger, Jerry Rabinowitz, Cecil and David Rosenthal, Bernice and Sylvan Simon, Daniel Stein, Melvin Wax, and Irving Younger. May their memories be a blessing.

In their memory, we reaffirm our commitment to defeat antisemitism and protect every Jewish community.

We will be offline tomorrow for Sukkot on the two-year anniversary of Oct. 7 just like thousands of Jews were offline two years ago when news of the horrific terrorist attack broke.

There is no better way to honor the anniversary than to double down on our religious faith and traditions.

We will not let the terrorists and antisemites win.

We will not abandon our faith.

We will not hide. We will not cower in fear.

We will never forget 10/7 and the lives we lost. We will honor their memories by living proudly as Jews—and by defending the Jewish state in our ancestral homeland.

Nearly two years after Oct. 7, we enter Rosh Hashanah with heavy hearts, thinking about the hostages who are still not home. We pray for their quick return, the safety of Israel’s soldiers on the frontlines, and the security of all our Jewish brothers and sisters the world over. L’shanah tovah tikatevu.

Ken Weinstein’s appointment as CBS News’ first ombudsman signals a serious step toward addressing the anti-Israel bias that has plagued media coverage for years.

Hudson Institute’s Ken Weinstein tapped as CBS News ombudsman The hiring signals a concerted effort at limiting anti-Israel bias at the network

We applaud Senator Bernie Moreno for urging Ohio’s universities to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism and to put strong plans in place to protect Jewish students on campus.

Bernie Moreno urges schools in Ohio to adopt IHRA definition of antisemitism The senator sent letters to the presidents of the largest colleges and universities in the state to ensure they have set plans to combat campus antisemitism