Orthodox Jews
How Orthodox Jewish women are creating a parallel entertainment market
By Yonat Shimron — March 4, 2024
(RNS) — Jessica Roda's new book explores how women in Haredi communities are embracing and creating digital arts tailored to the gender-segregated world of women.
Orthodox Jews emerged from holiday isolation to hear news of Hamas’ assault
By David I. Klein — October 10, 2023
(RNS) — Sequestered by bans on devices during holy days, many Orthodox Jews struggled to get news about the Hamas attacks.
NJ town accused of discriminating against Orthodox Jews will pay $575K settlement
By Kathryn Post — August 29, 2023
(RNS) — Jackson Township had been accused of discriminatory surveillance and zoning ordinances that targeted its growing Orthodox Jewish community.
Secular Israelis have workarounds for Sabbath rules. It’s their loss.
By Avi Shafran — August 9, 2023
(RNS) — Even nonreligious visitors to Jerusalem’s religious neighborhoods marvel at Shabbat's calm.
Appealing to Orthodox Jews, Israeli media remove women from view
By Michele Chabin — July 21, 2023
JERUSALEM (RNS) — Determined to return women’s images to the public sphere, a feminist Orthodox Israeli has created a unique photo bank of religious Jewish women and their families. It has become a resource for positive images of religious Jewish women.
Need a kosher meal? At the world’s largest furniture market, Chabad delivers
By Yonat Shimron — April 27, 2023
HIGH POINT, N.C. (RNS) — For the past 10 years, Chabad of Greensboro has been renting a showroom at the High Point Furniture Market where Jews in the furniture industry can come to rest, pray and eat homemade kosher meals while they’re in town.
‘Shul shopping’ in New York: A Jewish millennial’s two years of wandering
By Tori Luecking — March 29, 2023
(RNS) — Our search for a spiritual home.
Israel’s Reform rabbi and legislator on judicial overhaul: ‘It doesn’t look good.’
By Yonat Shimron — March 20, 2023
(RNS) — Gilad Kariv, who serves on the Knesset’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee, said he wants American Jews to help protect Israel’s democracy.
Critics say Israeli judicial reform would end checks on Orthodox Jewish establishment
By Michele Chabin — February 16, 2023
(RNS) — Critics of proposed judicial reform fear that it would allow the so-called religious parties that make up a crucial swing vote in Israel’s Knesset, or parliament, to impose fervently religious norms on the country’s non-Orthodox majority.
Chabad rabbis celebrate growth at 6,000+ conference in Crown Heights
By Yonat Shimron — November 16, 2022
(RNS) — The five-day event includes workshops on how its emissaries can be more useful — whether on college campuses, in day schools, teaching adult education or in other forms of outreach.
San Antonio rabbi sanctifies Shabbat with Texas-style BBQ brisket
By Saar Shahar — May 20, 2022
(RNS) — Slow-cooked brisket proves to be a valuable means for bringing Jews to a Shabbas meal.
Bride’s side or groom’s? How photographers navigate gender-segregated weddings
By Tasmiha Khan — April 15, 2022
(RNS) — Capturing a family’s special moments can be a challenge in faith communities where being in the presence of the opposite sex can be seen as a religious violation.
The top 10 Jewish news stories of 2021
By A. James Rudin — December 28, 2021
(RNS) — Israeli politics and the continuing fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic dominated Jewish concerns this year.
Police kill Palestinian attacker after Jerusalem stabbing
By Joseph Krauss — December 6, 2021
JERUSALEM (AP) — Large numbers of security forces were deployed to the area, where they briefly clashed with a crowd of young Palestinians before dispersing them with tear gas and stun grenades.
Sukkot is the Jewish holiday that teaches us the joys of doing without
By Avi Shafran — September 20, 2021
(RNS) — Living in a hut teaches us that what we really have is not what we own, but what we are.
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