Rabbi Menachem Genack, chief executive officer of the Orthodox Union’s Kosher Division, will be honored at the annual gala of REITS, Sunday, March 8 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City. Rabbi Genack will be presented with the Harav Yosef Dov Halevi Soloveitchik z”l Aluf Torah Award in recognition for his global influence on Torah Judaism. As CEO of OU Kosher, he oversees the kosher certification of more than 900,000 products and ingredients in 10,540 facilities in more than 90 countries.

As founder and general editor of OU Press, he has published many volumes on Jewish topics, including his own “Letters to President Clinton: Biblical Lessons on Faith and Leadership,” Former US Senator Joseph Lieberman, who is his weekly chavruta. In 2008, The Forward listed Rabbi Genack as one of the “Forward 50,” the 50 most influential Jews in the US. In addition to having served as rabbi of Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Englewood, for nearly 30 years, Rabbi Genack gives a regular chaburah (Torah study group) at RIETS.