Are Modern Orthodox communities ready for female clergy or synagogue presidents? How comfortable are they when women say Mourner's Kaddish without men? These and other issues are the subject of a JOFA ...

What “The World” says about Israel does not matter. Through 75 years of Israel, and 50 before, G-d’s miracles have predominated despite enemies afar and snakes within. Like the Babylonian, Mede, Greek ...

Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the Jewish Democratic Council of America in May 2023. Jewish voters are reliably Democratic, but even a minor shift could affect results. MANDEL NGAN/Getty ...

Students at the Ramaz Middle School view a map in English and Yiddish and artifacts contributed by community members ...

A new survey of American Jews who have left Orthodox Judaism asks tough questions of the community as it describes the complicated web of factors causing people to leave the fold. Published by the ...

Jewish conservatives — especially Orthodox Jews — saw Kirk as a good kind of crusader, even if Jews on the left were ...

Hilarious and often poignant, Modern Orthodox is about a young Jewish couple living on the Upper West Side who are provoked to question not only their commitment to each other but also the depth of ...

Dr. Moshe Krakowski, one of the authors of the OU study. We all know of people who have unfortunately left the fold of Orthodox Judaism. It’s natural to assume that these individuals might harbor ...

Ziva Mann remembers how joyful and smiley her daughter was as a child — the family even gave her the nickname “Giggles.” “She was just sunshine,” Mann said. That changed around second grade, when her ...

NYPD recruit Allan Pearlman was running laps in the gym in May during his training to become a police officer when he heard a loud thud behind him. Pearlman, a Modern Orthodox Jew from Staten Island, ...

The premise is salacious enough: One day, Rina’s husband, David—a bit of an a-hole, it should be said—convinces impossibly perfect, beautiful, selfless Modern Orthodox Los Angeles wife and mother Rina ...