Orthodox
I’m an Orthodox Trump critic — and I won’t let him rip my community apart
I won’t indict an entire community for getting swept into a political momentum that seemed to swallow half of our country.
Why ‘Hester Street’ meant so much for Jewish women and for Yiddish
The film was an exceptional work by director Joan Micklin Silver who passed away recently at the age of 85.
The spa resort where European rebbes spent their summer vacations
Dovid Leitner‘s book includes a telling anecdote about a misunderstanding between the Belzer Rebbe and the German-Jewish hotel owner.
Pinched by the pandemic, congregants are cutting synagogues dues from their household budgets
“Judaism and the Jewish people have survived for 2,000 years because we were able to adapt, and this is another moment of adaptation.”
Meet Gabbi Stein, the first Orthodox Jewish girl to earn the rank of Eagle Scout
Meet the first Orthodox Jewish girl Eagle Scout
Frum Flush: at World Series of Poker, an Orthodox Jew makes final table
It’s been all gimmels for Gershon Distenfeld at the 2020 World Series of Poker main event.
A Baal Teshuva, I chose this community. In Covid, they keep choosing to hurt my family.
I chose to live this life. And wasn’t I taught that pikuach nefesh, saving a life, supercedes every commandment?
Orthodox Jews are leaving Lakewood for a neighboring suburb. How much will they change it?
“I’m in the best position to help the township understand the shift in demographics that’s inevitable in Jackson.”
‘I’m considered a traitor.’ Orthodox Jewish Biden voters are feeling the heat
Some of the most moving conversations I have had recently were with voters who left their political home on the right, including Orthodox Jews, and voted for Joe Biden. Why did their stories make such an impression on me? Their reasons for rejecting Trump weren’t unusual. They eschewed his character, his policies, his populism and divisiveness, his cruelty towards the oppressed or weaker groups in America – just like most voters who rejected Trump.
Yeshivas, private schools, not impacted by NYC school closures
While New York City public schools are closing, Jewish day schools and yeshivas are not being asked to comply with the city’s ruling — yet.