Posts Tagged: orthodox Jews
Does Yeshiva University Answer to a Higher Authority?
Wearing a yarmulke or sporting a beard doesn't make one "religious," and it is high-time for the Jewish community to question the pervasive sha-shtil (hush-hush) mentality...
Shocking Footage: Arabs Laugh as They Terrorize, Abuse Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem (VIDEO)
Shocking footage emerged on YouTube Saturday of Orthodox Jews in Jerusalem being hounded and abused by a mob of Arabs some of which are heard...
Food Banks See Growing Number of Jews in Need of Kosher Food
Directors of Jewish food pantries are reporting a growing need for food assistance among American Jewish families. Although there is no current data, a survey of...
Use Fish, Not Chicken for Kaparot
Thousands of Orthodox Jews are preparing to swing live chickens over their heads before Yom Kippur, symbolically transferring their sins to the chicken. The chicken...
The Danger of Paper
When I began dating a cute guy with an incredible education and job, I felt like I had found the kind of man that only...
Mayor Bloomberg Backs Regulation of Orthodox Circumcision Practice
The New York City Board of Health voted Thursday to approve a regulation that bans the practice of oral suction of a baby boy's wound...
Modern Orthodox Rabbincial School Announces Leadership Change
The modern Orthodox Yeshivat Chovevei Torah Rabbinical School (YCT) has announced that Founder and President Rav Avi Weiss will be handing over its presidency...
The “Crisis” of Jewry (Not Zionism)
Jews Without a Meaningful Connection to Their Own Religion, Heritage, and History Think Little of Disavowing Them. The recently highlighted "crisis of Zionism" is in...
Two Thieves Who Posed as Chassidic Jews Nabbed In France
French police arrested two suspected thieves who disguised themselves as Orthodox Jews with fake beards on Monday, charging them with robbing a number of jewelry...
Ezra Golombok – Glasgow’s Idealist Jew
Life is enriched by the range and variety of the people we encounter. Increasingly nowadays we confine ourselves to mental ghettos. Even within...
Blurry Glasses Reveal Hate of Ultra-Orthodox Jews
Recently, some articles have come out reporting that some Hareidi or "Ultra-Orthodox" Jews in Mea Shearim, the most religious area of Jerusalem, have started...
The Witch Hunting Mentality
The American women gymnasts won the team gold and the team captain Aly Raisman ended their performance with a flawless dance routine to the...
Fifty Shades of…
I was thinking of writing a bestselling novel called Fifty Shades of Black about a young Hasidic man in Williamsburg who decides to buy a...
American Jewry: The 2012 Edition
To some in the Jewish community, the recently published UJA Federation of New York study which looked at New York's Jewish demographics, came as a...
