Jessica Roda, Assistant Professor Jewish Civilization (Anthropologist/Ethnomusicologist), Georgetown University and Alexandra Stankovich, Ph.D. candidate and graduate ...

The reality series “My Unorthodox Life” is the talk of the Jewish world since its airing on Netflix on July 14. The show’s star Julia Haart, who left her Ultra-Orthodox community in 2013 at age 42, ...

Mattingly: The Orthodox baptism rite includes an exorcism that is extremely detailed about the spiritual warfare that ...

In January the New York state legislature passed its most permissive abortion law yet. The bill expands access to late term abortions and allows medical staff other than doctors to perform abortions.

After serving as an active Methodist pastor for more than 40 years, I am now retired. My husband is also a retired Methodist ...

Jacob Oslick thinks portrayals of Orthodox Jews in popular culture are too often stereotypical. (Courtesy of Jacob Oslick) The Netflix reality series “My Unorthodox Life” has an entire section on its ...

When a parent of young children dies in ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, local activists take up a collection. They post fliers on the street, featuring heartrending images of the orphans; host events in ...

Senior Orthodox representatives have insisted decisions by the Holy and Great Council, currently meeting in Crete, will be "representative and binding" for all churches, as two more declarations were ...

Over the last year, there have been many films, documentaries, and television series centering around people who have completely left the community of Orthodox Judaism in which they had been raised.

On a hill above a lush, flowering field, the smokestacks of Auschwitz pump human ashes into the atmosphere. It's not irony that artist Ita Mond is striving for in this watercolor she calls "Spring ...

It is one of those persistent Jewish urban myths, and of course it’s not true. But, we live in a world in which Jews are news ...

(The Conversation) — The #MyOrthodoxLife movement challenges both mainstream and ultra-Orthodox media to tell more nuanced and complex stories about Jewish women. Our research shows that by ...