Michael Alexander Shapira, who is of Romanian Jewish and African American heritage, faced pressure from teammates over his ...

The city Department of Education’s decision ends a decades-long practice of granting a designated day off for holiday preparations, requiring teachers to use personal or vacation days instead.The post ...

A person who converts to Judaism becomes a Jew is just as Jewish as someone born into Judaism. There is a good precedent for this. Ruth, the great-great grandmother of King David, was a convert to ...

Purim, a colorful Jewish holiday celebrating resilience and bravery, begins March 2 at sundown.

JCC Chicago’s Jewish Film Festival returns March 7-22, featuring 21 films including documentaries, dramas, comedies, and family features, with special select post-film Q&As. Now in its ...

When Renanit Baker and her husband were looking for a new city to settle down in, they wanted a place with plentiful resources and a large Jewish community where “you still really matter.” The couple ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — As Valentine’s Day approaches, conversations around love and dating tend to revolve around chemistry, romance and physical attraction. But Aleeza Ben Shalom, a Jewish matchmaker and ...

A Jackson resident is suing to stop a private Orthodox Jewish boys’ school from being built in the Ocean County township, arguing officials rushed to approve the project without addressing ...

As of 2025, 100 Orthodox Jewish women have been ordained at Yeshivat Maharat in the Bronx. Hundreds more women have studied Talmud at advanced levels and received leadership training at seminaries in ...

This column originally appeared in On The Way, a weekly newsletter covering everything you need to know about NYC-area transportation. Sign up to get the full version, which includes answers to reader ...

Rabbi Julius Berman, who led the Orthodox Union and a myriad of other prominent Jewish communal organizations across the Orthodox and secular Jewish world, has died at 90. Born in Lithuania in 1935 to ...

JERUSALEM, Jan 6 (Reuters) - A mass ultra-Orthodox Jewish rally against military conscription turned deadly in Jerusalem on Tuesday, when a teenage boy was crushed and killed after a man driving a bus ...