Orthodox Jews

Jews must stop attacking Christianity - opinion

The soldier who smashed a statue of Jesus in Lebanon didn’t just disgrace the IDF. He handed our enemies  a gift – and betrayed our most important allies

PASAGES STUDENTS attend a rally in Washington to show their support for Israel
A panoramic view of the Mount of Olives

High Court orders state to explain failure to establish civil cemetery for Jerusalem residents

Modi Rosenfeld takes the stage.

Bringing the Moshiach energy: Jewish comedian Modi Rosenberg comes to NYC's Radio City

A Jewish person holds Tehillim, the book of Psalms, seeking solace in prayer on Memorial Day in Tel Aviv

Legal brief filed to support case of Ohio Orthodox Jew banned from holding minyan in home


Extremist haredi men defaced posters of abducted Israel women

Extremist ultra-Orthodox men have spray-painted photos of women in the past.

 POSTERS BEARING the photos of Israelis being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza are seen on a street in Port Washington, NY

Religious American IAF reservist keeps Israel's F-35 jets in the air - interview

“There's no doubt in my mind about Israel’s victory," Lauren Friedman told the Jerusalem Post.

 Lauren Friedman works on one of the IAF's F-35 fighter jets.

How Jews offline for a 2-day holiday found out about the attack on Israel

Israelis got more details when the holiday ended on Saturday night, while those around the world had to wait until Sunday evening to find out what was going on.

 Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from Ashkelon in southern Israel October 7, 2023.

Run for Amudim: Nine teams run for Amudim in upcoming Miami marathon

As with most marathons, some participants will be running as individuals and others as members of teams formed to benefit various charities and foundations.

 THAT AMAZING feeling when the runners cross the finish line

Religious feminist Alice Shalvi was a lifelong revolutionary - editorial

Teaching girls Talmud was unheard of in 1970s Israel. Shalvi did it anyway, and she didn't stop there.

Alice Shalvi

Spitting at Christians is wrong and dangerous - comment

Spitting at people – at their feet, their places of worship, on their clothes, in their faces – is bad and repulsive and unkind and disgusting and wrong.

 GREEK ORTHODOX Patriarch of Jerusalem Theophilos III leads the ‘Washing of the Feet’ ceremony outside the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem’s Old City in April.

Israel must commit to funding all forms of Judaism - editorial

What kind of message is conveyed when the Reform and Conservative movements are treated as less legitimate than Orthodoxy?

At the ceremony marking the 100th ordination of a graduate from Hebrew Union College’s Israeli Reform rabbinical program

The religious-secular divide: How to calm the water, and how to stir them up - analysis

Whether this is a full-fledged "religious war" or just the most recent permutation of religious-secular battles that have continued unabated since the state's founding is a matter for debate.

 WE WOULD all have benefited from a different approach that left Yom Kippur outside the struggle, says the writer.

'Rainbow Club in Yeshiva': JQY's animated LGBTQ videos aim to foster dialogue

The videos aim to frame a new community conversation about LGBTQ+ issues that allows "disagreements without divisiveness."

 Participants in the annual Jerusalem pride march on June 1, 2023

NJ township to pay $575,000 to settle discrimination lawsuit against Orthodox Jews

Jackson is now required to notify the state of any decision or regulation that would affect local religious land use or practice.

 Cassville Crossroads Historic District, Jackson Township, New Jersey, NJ, Sept. 9, 2012