(RNS) — Passing the rabbinic competency tests will not grant the women the title of rabbi. But it is a major win with ...

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Many among the secular, including me, grew up believing the sheitel, the ritual wig worn by married Orthodox and Hasidic ...

A handsome man in a magenta sweater and black jeans crashed the 1983 end-of-semester party at Columbia Business School, and ...

Hackers targeted an Orthodox Jewish news publication after US officials warned of Iran-aligned cyber-attacks when the war in the Mideast country got underway last month. The website for Yeshiva World ...

A prominent pro-Israel activist slammed Orthodox Jewish leaders for going easy on Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a meeting Monday, only to see Mamdani hours later accuse Israeli Jews of committing ...

An Orthodox Jewish group is opposing a zoning change that would permit multifamily housing in Toms River. The proposed changes are part of an affordable housing agreement with the Fair Share Housing ...

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A Jackson resident is suing to stop a private Orthodox Jewish boys’ school from being built in the Ocean County township, arguing officials rushed to approve the project without addressing ...

Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic dynasty celebrated the Jewish feast of Tu Bishvat or "New Year of the Trees" on Monday. (AP video by: Alon Bernstein) What’s known about the man ...