Posts Tagged: orthodox Jews
‘Smart Shabbos’ Technology Takes Brooklyn Jewish Homes by Storm
Rather than using manual timers, some Jewish residents of Brooklyn are having smart technology installed in their homes to help them prepare for Shabbat, Forbes...
White House Approves New Liaison to Jewish Community
JNS.org - The White House on Thursday approved a new liaison to the American Jewish community, Chanan Weissman, who will be the first Orthodox Jew to...
Major Jewish Organization Condemns New York Times Smear of the Orthodox
After an Algemeiner article on Wednesday highlighted a New York Times dispatch that gratuitously mentioned the religion of two businessmen related to an FBI corruption investigation...
New York Times Smears Orthodox Jews, Violates Own Policies
“F.B.I. Questions Police Leaders Amid Inquiry Into Businessmen Linked to de Blasio” is the headline of a New York Times dispatch. It takes the Times only two paragraphs...
London Uber Driver Convicted of Road Rage, Shouting ‘Kill All the Jews’ at Orthodox Bus Driver
An Uber driver in the UK was sentenced to 15 days of anger management sessions, one hundred hours of community service and a 26-week suspended sentence for shouting he...
Conservative Jews Deserve More Than PR
JNS.org - Responding to a dramatic decline in membership, the Conservative Jewish movement’s congregational arm has hired the Good Omen PR agency to survey hundreds of...
Modern Orthodox Education Caught Between…Modern and Orthodox
JNS.org - When the Pew Research Center published its much-discussed survey of American Jews in 2013, the findings seemed auspicious for the Orthodox denomination. Orthodox Jews...
Orthodox Rabbis Advocate Christian-Jewish Partnership
JNS.org - A group of Orthodox Jewish rabbis is advocating for increased partnership between Christians and Jews. More than 25 Orthodox rabbis from Israel, the US and Europe...
Pew Report: Orthodox Jews Resemble Evangelicals More Than Other Jews
JNS.org - A new report published by the Pew Research Center claims that Orthodox Jews more closely resemble evangelical Christians in their religious and political beliefs...
Poll: Modern Orthodox Most Stridently Zionist Group Among US Jewry
Among Jewish denominations, the Modern Orthodox have the greatest zeal for the state of Israel emotionally, politically and religiously, a Pew survey revealed on Wednesday. Among Haredi, Modern...
New York Police Discover Suspect Vehicle Possibly Linked to Brooklyn Paintball Attacks Against Jews
New York police said they have identified a vehicle they believe to be linked to a string of recent Staten Island paintball gun attacks, which are...
New York Police Hunting for Brooklyn Paintball Attackers Targeting Orthodox Jews
Police are searching for the assailants behind a string of paintball attacks against Orthodox Jews in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, the New York Post reported on Tuesday. Authorities noted that the first attacks...
Young American Jews Becoming More Pro-Israel, Israeli Think Tank Reveals
Young Jews in the U.S. are becoming more pro-Israel and the growth is happening almost entirely within the Orthodox community, an Israeli think tank revealed on Sunday. The...
The Power – and Curse – of Charisma
It just never seems to end. The press publicizes yet another case of a rabbi and teacher guilty of abusing his position in a sexual...
