Gaza’s Orthodox Christians marked Christmas amid rubble and loss, turning prayer into an act of survival after two years of ...

Millions of people worldwide celebrated Orthodox Christmas nearly two weeks after much of the world marked the holiday.

Jan. 6 marks one of the most important days of the year for Serbian Orthodox Christians, and families across the Denver metro ...

Bal Harbour, Florida, also swore in an Orthodox Jewish mayor, Seth Salver, making him the third Orthodox mayor currently ...

Concerns over the erosion of women’s rights in Israel have intensified as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, backed by ultra-Orthodox parties, pushes the country towards a more ...

The decline in women’s rights is measurable. In the 2025–26 Women, Peace and Security Index, Israel ranks 84 of 181 countries – behind Albania, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.

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 ...

(The Conversation) — A court decision allowing Israeli women to take the Chief Rabbinate’s exams is the latest sign of growing recognition for women’s religious learning within Orthodox Judaism. (The ...

Michal Raucher received funding from the Israel Institute, the University of Cincinnati, and the Hadassah Brandeis Institute to conduct research related to this article. When people picture a rabbi, ...