Orthodox leaders say conversions must be finalized in Israel, while non-Orthodox rabbis call the move outdated and unfair.

Frieda Vizel's path diverged from her ultra-Orthodox Jewish upbringing in New York, but instead of severing ties, she has forged a unique role as an online personality and guide, offering outsiders a ...

Hundreds of Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jews protested on Tuesday to voice their religious objections to planned autopsies of two ...

Yeshiva University, the storied modern Orthodox Jewish university in New York, is in the midst of a legal battle over its refusal to recognize the YU Pride Alliance, an undergraduate club. While YU ...

This dramatic transformation is the story that Dr. Lawrence Grossman (former director of publications at the American Jewish ...

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...

While the sun is still up, I play. Once Shabbat begins, I leave and go to shul,” Kligman told JNS.The post Orthodox Jewish baseball catcher Elie Kligman to play for ...

Thousands of haredi (ultra-Orthodox) protesters gathered in Israel's capital on Tuesday evening • Driver arrested after ...

Tour participants walk past an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man during a tour by Frieda Vizel of the Hasidic section of Williamsburg in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP ...