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Inside the matchmaking crisis rocking the US Orthodox community
A new report studying the experiences of single American Orthodox men and women reveals unique set of hurdles
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Could drugs ever be used to reach a spiritual high?
An Orthodox and a Progressive rabbi tackle issues in modern Jewish life
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The rabbi who helped to crack Israel’s Orthodox glass ceiling
Rabbi Meesh Hammer-Kossoy, one of a growing number of Orthodox women rabbis, will be teaching at this year’s Limmud Festival
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Goodbye to the ladies’ gallery
A standard feature of mainstream Orthodox synagogues is being consigned to history as the demand grows for greater inclusion of women
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An Orthodox rabbi and Reform journalist share their dialogue over Torah
A new book shows how to conduct a heavenly argument
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Orthodox sex strike ends in New York after ‘chained woman’ Malky is granted a divorce
New York woman at centre of Orthodox protest is granted a get after husband refused to sign document for four years
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Liverpool’s oldest synagogue celebrates its 150th in style
The architecturally stunning Grade I-listed Orthodox shul, completed in 1874, featured on a King Charles coronation stamp
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Google Street View captures Canvey Island’s growing Jewish Community on Shabbat
‘It’s ironic to see Shabbat immortalised in this way’
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How women rose to Orthodox synagogue leadership
Cautious progress rather than rapid change has been the order of the day
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Online antisemites’ new frontier? The Talmud
Rabbi Daniel Rowe says criticism of the Talmud is escaping neo-Nazi forums, and becoming mainstream
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Am Yisrael High! Meet the Chasidic campaigner for drug reform
Orthodox councillor Andrew Walters wants to free the weed – but not in the way you might think
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Power struggle leaves Israel without chief rabbis
Politics, nepotism and the role of women have left the country's top rabbinical offices vacant for the first time in its history
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Another step forward for Orthodox female rabbis
The graduation of Rabbi Miriam Lorie is a pivotal moment as she has her own community
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Rabbi’s ordination marks a decade of progress for Orthodox women in Britain
Rabbi Miriam Lorie will next week become the first ordained woman to lead an Orthodox community in the UK
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Orthodox women in New York launch ‘sex strike’ to protest against religious divorce
A group of Orthodox women are refusing to enter the mikveh in protest over a fellow community member’s plight
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Charedi protesters block motorway and say they would rather ‘die’ than enlist
Some strictly-Orthodox protesters called the police ‘Nazis’
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