J ERUSALEM (RNS) — Over the years, many of the young Orthodox women studying at the Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary yearned to join a combat unit in the Israeli army but knew that staying religiously ...

Their presence is more than personal achievement; it reflects Israel’s commitment to empowering women, minorities, and ...

(RNS) — Israel’s state rabbinate must open up its rabbinic expertise exams to women, Israel’s supreme court said on Monday (July 14) in a ruling hailed by advocates for pluralism and egalitarianism in ...

More than 80% of Jewish students worldwide hide their Zionist identity, while one in five know Jewish peers who were ...

Every day that the bombing and killing continues, and thousands of people face starvation, illness, displacement, and trauma, ...

The four-day mountain biking event aims to physically challenge while fostering heartfelt connections within the cycling ...

(RNS) — The ruling does not call for the strictly Orthodox rabbinate to ordain women as rabbis but opens up to women the body’s licensing exams that test in a variety of areas of Jewish law. (RNS) — ...