Another step forward for Orthodox female rabbisThe graduation of Rabbi Miriam Lorie is a pivotal moment as she has her own communityBy Simon Rocker3 min read
Orthodox JudaismRabbi’s ordination marks a decade of progress for Orthodox women in BritainRabbi Miriam Lorie will next week become the first ordained woman to lead an Orthodox community in the UKBy Eve Sacks3 min read
Orthodox JudaismOrthodox women in New York launch ‘sex strike’ to protest against religious divorceA group of Orthodox women are refusing to enter the mikveh in protest over a fellow community member’s plightBy Eliana Jordan3 min read
Orthodox JudaismCharedi protesters block motorway and say they would rather ‘die’ than enlistSome strictly-Orthodox protesters called the police ‘Nazis’By JC Reporter2 min read
USAOrthodox dentist shot dead in California a week after celebrating his birthdayRecent graduate Dr Benjamin Harouni was killed while Mohammed Abdulkareem, 29, was arrested by policeBy Rosa Doherty2 min read
JudaismRabbi Louis Jacobs: a model for today’s spiritual seekersThe courageous thinker’s quest for traditional alternatives can still inspire usBy Dr Miri Freud-Kandel4 min read
Golders GreenNew rabbinic couple gets top job at Golders Green shulThe pair come from Pinner United Synagogue and will take up their new roles early next yearBy Daniel Ben-David2 min read
Why Britain's strictly Orthodox Jews are embracing psychotherapySecular colleges training therapists are now welcoming increasing numbers from the Orthodox community as taboos over counselling subsideBy Gaby Koppel6 min read||November 2, 2023 15:27
The internal struggle within Israel's new ruling eliteReligious Zionists dominate public life, but they may not be as united as critics think, says the author of a new bookBy Yair Ettinger3 min read||October 17, 2023 18:00
US town pays $600k settlement after allegedly discriminating against JewsA lawsuit claimed Jackson Township in New Jersey used local land laws to restrict Orthodox Jews' way of lifeBy Richard Percival 2 min read||August 30, 2023 13:52
Israeli rabbi fired by yeshiva after he catfished dozens of women on secular dating appsYosef Paryzer told dozens of women his name was Jake Segal and that he was an unmarried immigrantBy Richard Percival 1 min read||August 29, 2023 11:17
The House of Love and Prayer and Other Stories review - Dark tales of Orthodox life with a feminist twistPowerfully told dark stories should help author break through to a new British audienceBy David Herman2 min read||July 27, 2023 16:12
New rabbis bring ‘energy and talent’ to one of UK's largest shulsNew North London has appointed two American-born rabbis to strengthen its clerical teamBy Simon Rocker1 min read||July 6, 2023 12:57
Is polyamory allowed in Judaism?We pose a question of morality to our two rabbis, one Orthodox, the other Progressive...By Rabbi Alex Chapper and Rabbi Jonathan Romain3 min read||May 11, 2023 15:56
Israel at 75: The nation where faith is both a state and a debateSecularists, traditionalists, religious Zionists and strictly Orthodox Jews all vie to realise their vision for the countryBy Gideon Sylvester6 min read||April 14, 2023 10:08
Outrage over failure to sideline rabbi at heart of sex assault claimsMembers of north London’s Orthodox community have demanded the removal of Rabbi Chaim HalpernBy Jenni Frazer1 min read||March 16, 2023 10:20
