Lubavitch Delegation Pays Condolence Visit as OU’s Rabbi Moshe Hauer Is Mourned at 60

Overview

• A delegation from Lubavitch World Headquarters visited the Hauer family in Baltimore on Oct. 22 to offer condolences, reflecting his close ties with Chabad shluchim and support for their work.
• Rabbi Moshe Hauer, the Orthodox Union’s executive vice president and public face since 2020, died of a heart attack at his Baltimore home on Oct. 14, the holiday of Shemini Atzeret; he was 60, and the family announced his passing after Simchat Torah on Oct. 15.
• A funeral was held Oct. 16 at Bnai Jacob Shaarei Zion, the congregation he led for 26 years, with remarks noting the family was due to fly to Israel for burial.
• As a national leader, he helped shape OU policy on major issues, meeting Anthony Fauci during COVID‑19 and urging congregations to exceed reopening guidelines, and testifying in 2023 about campus antisemitism at a House Education and Workforce hearing that spurred university investigations.
• Leaders across the spectrum—among them Sen. Josh Hawley, William Daroff, Agudath Israel, and Reform movement head Rabbi Rick Jacobs—praised his integrity, scholarship, and commitment to unity.