Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. is widely considered the holiest day of the year in the Jewish calendar. It is being ...

Greece’s Mount Athos is at the heart of a rift in Eastern Orthodox Christianity. Nikos Papanikolaou visits monks vowing to ...

Frieda Vizel's path diverged from her ultra-Orthodox Jewish upbringing in New York, but instead of severing ties, she has forged a unique role as an online personality and guide, offering outsiders a ...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo apologized to Jewish New Yorkers for lockdowns he imposed during the COVID-19 outbreak five years ago that ...

Language added to this year's state budget loosened testing standards for the religious schools and delayed the implementation of certain educational standards, the lawsuit states.

Former Governor Andrew Cuomo apologized to Jewish New Yorkers for Covid-19 lockdown measures, acknowledging the pain and ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government is holding on by a thread after an ultra-Orthodox party withdrew from its ruling coalition. The United Torah Judaism party announced on Monday ...

It's always fascinating to get a look inside insular communities like New York's ultra-Orthodox Jews, but glimpse provided by The New York Times' Sharon Otterman and Ray Rivera Thursday is quite ...

Lapid says government 'doesn't care for the citizens,' just politics, as Ayalon Highway renovation takes place on weekdays ...

Budget increase passes by 55 to 50, despite strong resistance from ultra-Orthodox UTJ factions, due to absence of opposition ...

Tour participants walk past an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man during a tour by Frieda Vizel of the Hasidic section of Williamsburg in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the ...