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The Orthodox Union (abbreviated OU) [note 1] is one of the largest Orthodox Jewish organizations in the United States.Founded in 1898, [2] the OU supports a network of synagogues, youth programs, Jewish and Religious Zionist advocacy programs, programs for the disabled, localized religious study programs, and international units with locations in Israel and formerly in Ukraine.
Orthodox Union Kosher, known as OU Kosher or OUK, is a kosher certification agency based in New York City. It was founded in 1923 by Abraham Goldstein. It is the certification agency of about 70% of kosher food worldwide, and is the largest of the "Big Five" major certification agencies, which include OK, Kof-K, Star-K, and CRC. [1]
Triangle K is a kosher certification agency under the leadership of Rabbi Aryeh R. Ralbag. It was founded by his late father, Rabbi Yehosef Ralbag. [ 1 ] The hechsher is a letter K enclosed in an equilateral triangle.
[1] The UOR leadership was willing to tolerate the OU in urgent needs, such as kosher supervision. The Agudath Harabonim initially started raising standards in New York and elsewhere, but had some trouble getting the butchers and shochtim in line. Henry Pereira Mendes and his colleagues in the OU in New York provided assistance in this area.
Gold Pure Food Products Co., Inc. is an American food-manufacturing company located in Hempstead, New York all of whose products have OU Kosher supervision. [1] [2]Primarily known for manufacturing horseradish, the company is also known for condiments such as mustard, duck sauce, cocktail sauce, salsa and wasabi sauce.
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L'Chaim Kosher Vodka is a corn-based vodka made with water from springs in the Golan Heights, in Israel-occupied Syria. The vodka undergoes a triple distillation process in Or Akiva, Israel. [6] The product line is certified as kosher. [3] In 2012, L'Chaim launched a kosher for Passover vodka made from beets instead of corn. [7]
Upon Rabbi Don Yoel Levy’s death in 2020, the Executive Rabbinical Council took responsibility of the OK. [4] With more than 10 million consumers seeking kosher products in the United States alone, the kosher food industry has seen rapid growth in the past two decades, with sales reaching $165 billion in 2002. [5]