Israel’s parliament moves toward ban on mixed-gender prayer at Jerusalem’s Western Wall

Israel’s parliament has passed a preliminary reading of a bill that would put the country’s ultra-Orthodox chief rabbinate in ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

As a YouTuber targets Orthodox communities, the right wrestles with its antisemitism problem

When YouTube provocateur Tyler Oliveira set his sights on Lakewood, New Jersey, local Jewish philanthropist Richard Roberts ...
Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Orthodox Judaism can be difficult for LGBT Jews, but the tide is slowly turning

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 ...
Religion News Service on MSN

Liberal Jews denounce bill to ban non-Orthodox prayers at Western Wall

‘It literally criminalizes non-Orthodox prayer,’ said Rabbi Rick Jacobs, president of the Union for Reform Judaism in the U.S ...
Anadolu Agency

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protest mandatory military draft near west Jerusalem

Tensions escalated in recent months as Haredi community continues to oppose military conscription - Anadolu Ajansı ...

‘Enough is enough!’: Holy sites bill sparks religious power struggle

A bill amending the Law for the Protection of Holy Places passed a preliminary vote, boosting the Chief Rabbinate’s authority ...
Sun Sentinel

After centuries of isolation, ultra-Orthodox Jews engage with the world more than ever

Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the tight-knit world she ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

Progressive Jews sound alarm over bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

Diaspora leaders warn criminalizing non-Orthodox prayer at the Wall will exclude many from Judaism's holiest site, violating World Zionist Organization resolutions The post Progressive Jews sound ...
AOL

How Orthodox Jewish families are finding ways to support their trans children

Ziva Mann remembers how joyful and smiley her daughter was as a child — the family even gave her the nickname “Giggles.” “She was just sunshine,” Mann said. That changed around second grade, when her ...
Parkersburg News and Sentinel

After centuries of isolation, ultra-Orthodox Jews engage with the world more than ever

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 ...