Orthodox
Chami Saks styles a wig at Serenity Wig Salon (Photo by Olivia Pasquarelli)
June 24, 2024, 2:28 pm
Serenity Wig Salon offers solutions and compassion
“I think part of what keeps our clients coming back is that we’re really good at empathizing with what they’re going through.”
By Kathleen Gianni
The DreamWorks water park at American Dream Meadowlands in New Jersey boasts a wave pool, 15 water slides, and multiple private cabanas. (Evan Falk/WWD/Penske Media via Getty Images)
September 28, 2023, 5:54 pm
NJ megamall is offering gender-segregated swimming to accommodate Orthodox clientele
On Oct. 2, the suburban park is open to women only and two days later, is open only to men.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Blueberry cheesecake (Photo by Hansuan_Fabregas via Pixabay)
May 25, 2023, 12:47 pm
An app that aims to prove AI’s value for Orthodox Jews
Generating 64,000 kosher cheesecake recipes
By Philissa Cramer
Rabbi Danny Schiff (Photo courtesy of Rabbi Danny Schiff)
January 27, 2023, 9:35 am
Rabbi Danny Schiff on his new book, ‘Judaism in a Digital Age’
The decline of non-Orthodox Judaism and what needs to come next
By Toby Tabachnick
Leo Veiga, left, wears a t-shirt bearing the Hebrew word "muktzeh," which refers to a prohibition of touching certain objects on Shabbat. (Screenshot via YouTube)
January 24, 2023, 11:40 am
Jewish comedian Modi Rosenfeld, a mainstay for Orthodox audiences, is gay. So what?
“If you put me in front of an audience, I give them what they need. And they don't need gay material — they need the material for this audience.”
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Adriana Fernandez is a non-Jewish nanny to Jewish children in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo courtesy of Adriana Fernandez)
December 6, 2022, 1:39 pm
‘Non-Jewish Nanny’ to Orthodox children becomes a social media sensation
Adriana Fernandez can pronounce Pesach perfectly, and is well-versed in the rules of “shomer negiah” and “tznius.”
By Alan Zeitlin
Segregated-gender Orthodox prayer in the Robinson’s Arch pluralistic prayer platform at the Western Wall, July 13, 2018. (Courtesy via Times of Israel)
July 5, 2022, 10:18 am
After bar mitzvah overrun by zealots, parents lament: ‘We saw Israel at its lowest’
Ultra-Orthodox boys and men disrupted prayer services at the egalitarian section of the Western Wall as police stood by; those in attendance say it shook their connection to Israel
By Judah Ari Gross
Screenshots from Orthodox Instagram accounts that announced they would be shutting down after the anti-social media rally in New Jersey. (Design by Jackie Hajdenberg)
July 4, 2022, 8:48 pm
Orthodox women who built businesses and friendships online being told to sign off
Some said the rallies evidenced a dangerous tendency in Orthodox communities to set rules far beyond what is required by Jewish law.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
People protest in reaction to the leak of the Supreme Court draft abortion ruling, in New York City, May 3, 2022. (Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images)
May 4, 2022, 7:12 pm
For Orthodox Jewish groups, it’s wait and see on the reversal of abortion rights
On the one hand, many have aligned themselves with the so-called “religious right." On the other, halacha holds that a mother’s life is paramount.
By Ron Kampeas
The Twitter feed of Libs of TikTok, an account run by an Orthodox Jew that targets teachers who teach children about sexuality and gender identity. (Twitter)
April 27, 2022, 5:16 pm
The Twitter activist behind the far-right ‘Libs of TikTok’ is an Orthodox Jew. Does that matter?
A Washington Post exposé revealed Chaya Raichik to be behind the massively popular Twitter feed Libs of TikTok
By Ron Kampeas
(Image via Pixabay)
April 4, 2022, 4:57 pm
Local Orthodox rabbis bemoan possibility of permanent daylight saving time
One concern is that a later sunrise would “interfere with the ability of members of our community to engage in congregational prayers and get to their places of work on time.”
By Justin Vellucci
Panelists speak during the webinar. Screenshot by Adam Reinherz
March 31, 2022, 9:17 pm
JFCS webinar offers Pittsburghers tools to safeguard children from abuse
Therapists and educators discuss child safeguarding strategies during JFCS webinar.
By Adam Reinherz
Airplane interior (Image by Sourav Mishra via Pexels)
March 31, 2022, 11:14 am
Orthodox women sue airlines after being grounded on flight home to New York
The group of young women and their chaperones were prevented from boarding a flight traveling from Amsterdam to New York allegedly for eating outside of designated mealtimes.
By Julia Gergely
Hared Orthodox Jewish men walk near the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, Jun. 17, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 23, 2021, 9:45 pm
Nearly 1 in 3 Israeli Jews will be haredi Orthodox by 2050, per Israeli economic projections
Most will remain concentrated in Jerusalem
By Shira Hanau
Rivka Nehorai has come to understand Matisyahu's artistic journey. (Photo by David Bachman)
August 18, 2021, 3:19 pm
I used to judge ex-Orthodox Jews.
Then I started listening to them.
By Rivka Nehorai
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