Reflecting on the mental health of Orthodox Jews during the COVID-19 pandemic on September 14, 2021 By Michelle Shain

Did you know that among Orthodox Jews, it was not the elderly but younger people who had the highest rates of stress, anxiety, depression, and loneliness during the COVID-19...

Findings of our COVID-19 study resonate in Palm Beach on September 9, 2021 By Michelle Shain

We're delighted to see our COVID-19 Community Portrait Study mentioned in this op-ed by Rabbi Barak Bar-Chaim and Rabbi Abe Unger of the New Synagogue of Palm...

Learning from the U.S. and Australian Jewish experiences on August 19, 2021 By Michelle Shain

Congratulations to our Senior Fellow, Adina Bankier-Karp, on the publication of her report entitled A tale of two communities: Comparing the Pew Research Center’s Jewish Americans in 2020...

We’re hiring! on July 1, 2020 By Matt Williams

The Orthodox Union’s Center for Communal Research, in collaboration with Yeshiva University’s Azrieli Graduate School of Education, invite applications for a two-year, doctoral or postdoctoral research fellowship to begin September 1, 2020. Research Fellow Job Description Applications must be submitted by...

The Orthodox Community and COVID19 on June 30, 2020 By Matt Williams

What's the impact of the coronavirus on the health, stability, and religious lives of Orthodox Jews? How do we plan for the road ahead? The Center is embarking on a...

Lior Melnick wins our photo contest and $1,000 on February 27, 2020 By Michelle Shain

Congrats to Lior Melnick for winning our photo contest and $1,000!

His winning photo, titled: Eishet Chayil, Will I Find?, was chosen for its creativity, quality,...

JNS: Orthodox Union launches data collection and analysis center on December 11, 2018 By Matt Williams

Orthodox Union launches data collection and analysis center

It will focus its research on how Jews learn to live Jewish lives, the diverse journeys they take...

Data-Driven Decision Making: A Communal Imperative on By Matt Williams

FROM THE DESK OF ALLEN I. FAGIN, EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ORTHODOX UNION

Data-Driven Decision Making: A Communal Imperative

On the Counting of Jews: Toward an Orthodox Social Science on November 12, 2018 By Matt Williams

I was never comfortable counting Jews. Perhaps, it was the numbers violently drawn into Jews during the Final Solution that so firmly etched themselves in my mind. Perhaps,...