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A survey of 29 formerly religious subjects by the Orthodox Union concludes synagogues and schools must adopt more inclusive mindsets while parents should provide clear support ...

Since June, a group of American and Israeli-born Jews have been meeting every few weeks in New York for a salon-style series ...

The proportion of American Jews who pray on any regular basis is down sharply ... which beyond the country’s Orthodox minority are largely struggling to engage and retain Jews.

Orthodox Judaism, both in the United States and Israel, has typically espoused a right-wing political orientation and ...

As an American born Orthodox Israeli Jew and Iranian born ... Indeed, Esther herself was a woman of action. She asked that Jews in Persia pray and fast. This combination of beseeching God and ...

Harcsztark later issued a brief statement to JTA acknowleding that while it is not common in the Orthodox community, there is a basis in Jewish law for the practice of women wearing tefillin. “ ...

As in the United States, police in the United Kingdom have stepped in multiple times to break up gatherings of Orthodox Jews, including at weddings and prayer groups. Another factor that aided ...

The pilgrims were reportedly escorted by IDF soldiers early on Friday morning to hold the Shacharit prayer at the site of Rav Ashi's tomb. Ultra-Orthodox Jews pray at the tomb of Rav Ashi ...

The tefillin is worn by Jewish men during morning prayer. The leather boxes usually ... synagogues don’t have daily services like those held in Orthodox synagogues, but when they do the services ...