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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “Orthodox Jews”

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Video stokes fears of anti-Semitic backlash in N.J. suburb

(RNS) — A video from a group called Rise Up Ocean County that paints Orthodox Jews as invaders has raised concerns in suburban New Jersey communities where the Jewish population is increasing.

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Why religion won't help the Republicans in the midterms

A shrinking God Gap and a decline in worship attendance are the keys.

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A Holocaust museum in Brooklyn focuses on faith, survival

NEW YORK (AP) — The Amud Aish Memorial Museum, located far from the tourist crowds, near the very edge of the Brooklyn, focuses on the experiences of Orthodox Jews during and after the Holocaust.

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N.J. town rescinds parks ban alleged to target Orthodox Jews

(AP) The New Jersey town council was pressured by the state to drop its ban on New Yorkers visiting its public park. The council had also tried — and failed — to ban boundary markers Jews use to observe Sabbath rules.

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‘Interfaith’ term rings hollow for some Jews

BOSTON (RNS) — If you really want to welcome interfaith families into Jewish life, better rethink your language, many Jewish leaders say.

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Lawsuit: New Jersey town illegally targeted Orthodox Jews

MAHWAH, N.J. (AP) —The state contends Mahwah township violated New Jersey's Green Acres Act by banning out-of-state residents from its parks after residents complained about their use by Orthodox Jewish families from New York.

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Israeli court stands up for woman in airline gender seat swap case

JERUSALEM (Reuters) The case against El Al was brought by 83-year-old Renee Rabinowitz, who was asked by a flight attendant, after boarding a flight from Newark, N.J., to Tel Aviv in 2015, if she would agree to move.

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The Maccabeats sing to promote ‘halachic prenups’ for Orthodox Jewish couples

NEW YORK (RNS) The endearing group of a cappella Orthodox Jewish singers is out with a 30-second spot that takes aim at the phenomenon of "agunot," or "chained women" whose husbands will not grant them a divorce.

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Some rabbis fear expanding women's roles in the Israeli army could lead to sin

JERUSALEM (RNS) 'They are enlisting our girls,' who emerge from the army 'non-Jewish,' said Rabbi Yigal Levenstein.

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My top 10 Jewish news stories of 2016

(RNS) Anti-Semitism, UNESCO and ambassador pick David Friedman make the list.

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Hillary should call out anti-Semitic Trump supporters

Anti-semitism should have been a hot issue in this election. What happened?

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US rabbis outraged by Israeli rabbinical court’s treatment of convert

(RNS) The woman who was identified publicly as “Nicole” underwent an Orthodox conversion by New York Rabbi Haskel Lookstein in May 2015.

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US Jewish numbers no longer declining, but demographic worries persist

(RNS) As the proportion of Americans who are Christian declines, the share who are Jewish is holding firm. But some Jewish scholars say the data are nothing to celebrate.

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Solomon Dwek, informant behind rabbis' corruption case, released from prison

NEWARK, N.J. (RNS) The 2009 sting led to charges against five Orthodox rabbis accused of using synagogues and religious charities to launder millions of dollars in illicit funds.

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A Brooklyn museum has every biblical animal -- but no money to stay open

BROOKLYN, N.Y. (RNS) All of the specimens at Torah Animal World died of natural causes, swears Rabbi Shaul Shimon Deutsch, and were not hunted in the wild: “Instead of turning them into a fur coat I use them for education.”

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Sainthood process for Fulton Sheen stalled

(RNS) — The beatification of late Catholic Archbishop Fulton Sheen was postponed this week, marking the latest setback on the road to sainthood for the beloved television and radio preacher.  ...

December 3, 2019
By Bernard Condon, Jim Mustian

Surge of new abuse claims threatens church like never before

(AP) — The day the Catholic Church has long feared has come, with 15 states extending or suspending their statute of limitations to allow abuse claims stretching back decades.

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Christian higher ed can't win the LGBTQ debate unless it transforms

(RNS) — At Christian schools across the country, an eruption over LGBTQ policy may be only a day away.

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