orthodox judaism

A full third of Jewish Americans think that followers of Jesus Christ can also be Jews, though theologically speaking, Jesus isn’t messiah material for religious Jews. So what gives?

The holy work-around.

Why on earth is an orthodox Jew pushing a turbaned Muslim man in a wheelchair on the cover of Charlie Hebdo, the French baby-boomers’ favorite satirical magazine? Don’t bother looking for any deep symbolism—you won’t find it.

Immodest yuppies move into Orthodox neighborhoods, and the influence cuts both ways.

World’s first Chassidic Reggae superstar off the derech.

Reparative therapy—neither reparative nor therapy—is the lie that will not die.

This year, LGBT advocates in New York had ample cause to be hopeful, but the opposition—led by National Organization for Marriage, the Catholic Bishops, and Orthodox Jews—remain confident of victory.

The Orthodox Jewish community in the U.S. has treated allegations of sexual abuse with the same secrecy and refusal to include secular authorities as the Catholic Church. Now, however, more Orthodox abuse victims are coming forward than ever before.

The week in religion, poetically.

Because women aren’t permitted to be rabbis in the Orthodox Jewish tradition, Sara Hurwitz was given the made-up title Mahara”t upon her ordination. A little while later, after she was quietly given the title rabba, the Orthodox Jewish world responded with condemnations.