The scene might have been unfathomable at the start of the month: a delegation of Orthodox Jews hand-delivering thousands of thank-you notes to a Democratic president. But when Rabbi Shay Schachter ...

Memoirs of leaving the Orthodox Jewish world have become a genre with their own familiar arc. The protagonist flees an oppressive religious world, is ostracized by family and former friends, ...

The ruling follows years of scrutiny and litigation accusing the car-donation charity of misleading donors about how contributions are used.

The lawsuit argued that Shabbat observances limited voting access in Houston's District C runoff between Nick Hellyar and Joe ...

In the 1950s, the future of American Orthodox Judaism looked so gloomy that the prominent sociologist Marshall Sklare predicted its imminent extinction. Sklare’s ominous forecast could not have proved ...

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...

An ad campaign to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Brandeis University is generating controversy for its approach to the college's Jewish roots. The ad, which was spread over a double page of the New ...

Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men have blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours. They’re protesting a ...

Two men have each asked a judge to impose a "no stalking" order on the other, amid allegations of threats. While the men live ...