Orthodox filmmaker Rama Burshtein is a special case. Not only does she come from a community that frowns on film-watching — never mind film-making — but she has managed to create “Fill the Void,” a ...

Editor’s Note: Simi Horwitz’s stories on the Orthodox world have been named a finalist in the prestigious Deadline Club awards. Read her complete story of Orthodox women filmmakers here. The Haredi ...

Hundreds of billboards affirming the tsar's love for his empress have been welcomed by director of controversial film 'Matilda.' By Nick Holdsworth, Vladimir Kozlov Moscow Red Sqaure - H 2015 In the ...

Jerusalem — Like so many parents, Ori Gruder was grappling with how to talk to his 10-year-old son about sex. Being a member of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox religious community, which tends to keep ...

Sandi Simcha DuBowski’s documentary about gay and lesbian Orthodox Jews already has opened some eyes. Now he hopes to change some minds. “Trembling Before G-d,” which was shown to much acclaim earlier ...

JTA — Like many heavily Orthodox sections of Brooklyn, Borough Park has been served for decades by an all-male volunteer ambulance corps called Hatzalah. The corps caters to a religious Jewish ...

Once it is established that professional boxer Dimitri Salita is also a practicing Orthodox Jew, Jason Hutt's journeyman docu, "Orthodox Stance," holds few surprises. Once it is established that ...

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish filmmaker asks members of her community about the silent anxieties surrounding intimacy on their ...

WILLIAMSTOWN -- Sandi DuBowski is a professional at turning "movies into movements." His film, "Trembling Before G-d," a documentary which follows the struggles of gays and lesbians who wish to retain ...

JERUSALEM – Like so many parents, Ori Gruder was grappling with how to talk to his 10-year-old son about sex. Being a member of Israel's ultra-Orthodox religious community, which tends to keep ...

The director says “93Queen" is the story of "proud Hasidic women challenging the status quo of their own community." (JTA) — Like many heavily Orthodox sections of Brooklyn, Borough Park has been ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Like so many parents, Ori Gruder was grappling with how to talk to his 10-year-old son about sex. Being a member of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox religious community, which tends to keep ...