Until now, only Orthodox Jewish men in Israel have been allowed to take exams to become rabbis. After a long campaign, women ...

After years of court battles, Israel will allow women to take the exams men take to become rabbis. It is a step toward expanding women's leadership roles in Orthodox Judaism.

When I first met Ben Baader more than a decade ago, I was doing interviews for a PhD dissertation on the lives of transgender Jews with an Orthodox background. Orthodox Jewish life is deeply gendered.

In a room of over 100 orthodox women who are trained experts in death and dying, I felt alive and seen. Each of us, normally unable to share much with our loved ones about the losses we encounter ...

When we think about “off-the-derech” Jews, those who have left Orthodoxy behind, we tend to think of rebellious youths in ...

Francis Achile was charged with aggravated assault, two counts of assault by beating, racially aggravated harassment, and racially aggravated assault. A man allegedly whipped London Jewish women with ...

Military service reflects the divisions within society and serves as a political battleground. Women make up over 21% of combat troops, but religious leaders fear that gender integration could drive ...

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men have blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours. They’re protesting a ...

CCTV footage shows the white Mercedes-Benz rapidly accelerate towards the red light on Leicester Road in Salford - home to a ...

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Memoirs of leaving the Orthodox Jewish world have become a genre with their own familiar arc. The protagonist flees an oppressive religious world, is ostracized by family and former friends, and ...

In conversations across the Jewish community – at dinner tables, school auditoriums and community events – a painful truth has emerged: The American Jewish Orthodox middle class is dying out. We’ve ...