This week, as New York City inaugurated its first Muslim mayor, two cities in the United States also made history with the swearing-in of their first Orthodox Jewish mayors. While Orthodox mayors have ...

Rabbi Julius Berman, who led the Orthodox Union and a myriad of other prominent Jewish communal organizations across the Orthodox and secular Jewish world, has died at 90. Born in Lithuania in 1935 to ...

Judge Alvin Hellerstein, a 92-year-old Orthodox Jewish federal judge, is among the longest-serving active federal judges in the country. Judge Alvin Hellerstein, 92, an Orthodox Jew, will preside over ...

Captured Venezuelan leader appears Monday at 1st court hearing before veteran Orthodox Jewish US federal judge on drug trafficking and narco-terrorism charges A general view of the Metropolitan ...

Senior US District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein, 92, among the longest-serving active judges in the federal judiciary, has been selected to preside over the criminal prosecution of Venezuelan leader ...

Thousands of ultra-Orthodox individuals have demonstrated against their conscription into the Israeli military, according to media reports. Leading rabbis called for the protest in Jerusalem, the ...

A young man was arrested Monday for the antisemitic attack on an Orthodox Jewish man in Brooklyn less than a week ago. Armani Charles, 23, was charged with assault as a hate crime, attempted assault ...

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In a different era in New York, mayoral candidates focused on what was known as “The Three I’s“: Italy, Ireland and Israel. Fast forward to 2025, where in this year’s primary, the candidates all seem ...