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July 6 (Reuters) - Israel's military said it would issue 54,000 call-up notices to ultra-Orthodox Jewish seminary students ...
Last Friday, a group of around six Orthodox rabbis called New York City Assembly member Micah Lasher for a conversation about ...
One in seven Jews worldwide are strictly Orthodox, or Haredi. It's a population of roughly 2 million out of 15 million Jews, ...
Rutgers Business School and Honors College alumna Sarah Pomeranz is not yet 30, but she's CEO of a new non-profit and she's determined to get an early start on changing the world.
Orthodox Jewish upbringing in New York, but instead of severing ties, she has forged a unique role as an online personality and guide, offering outsiders a rare glimpse into the tight-knit world she ...
(RNS) — Orthodox Judaism, both in the United States and Israel, has typically espoused a right-wing political orientation and unconditional support for Israel. These Jews beg to differ.
Jerusalem Post Diaspora These Modern Orthodox Jews want to change their community’s conversation around Gaza war It was the kind of talk you could hear in any of a number of progressive Jewish ...
Modern Orthodox Jews are told before going off to college to be a kiddush HaShem, or “sanctification of God’s name.” While they do not proselytize, they do not isolate themselves either.
Exhibited here is an original sketch of Rav Azriel Hildesheimer by Hermann Struck. Rav Hildesheimer (1820-1899) was an important pioneering modernizer of Orthodox Judaism in Germany and a founder ...
The get-out-the-vote program put on by the Modern Orthodox Jewish umbrella group Orthodox Union will have a budget of $250,000, two dedicated staffers, and an untold number of volunteers.
Estimates suggest that those who observe Orthodox Judaism constitute around 10 to 15 percent of the global 15 million Jews in the world. That roughly translates to 1.4 to 2.7 million people.