Its the hottest ticket in town. Originally available for $10, tickets to the ultra-Orthodox "anti-Internet" rally on May 20 at the 40,000-seat Citi Fi...
Leah Vincent | Posted 05.07.2012
When I heard that thousands of ultra-Orthodox Jews were gathering together to address a pressing issue in the religious community, I was furious that the issue being addressed at the unusually elaborate meeting was the dangers of the Internet.
Howard Meyer | Posted 05.01.2012
On May 20 at Citi Field, thousands of people are expected to gather for an underdog cause. It's not the Mets. Rabbis, community leaders and ordinary citizens will gather to discuss the dangers of the Internet.
Dr. Peggy Drexler | Posted 04.01.2012
What is it about women that the men of deeply conservative religions find so threatening? What runs so deep that it justifies traumatizing an innocent eight-year-old like Naama Margolese in Beit Shemesh?
Rabbi Mel Gottlieb, Ph.D. | Posted 03.18.2012
In recent weeks, there have been reports of the escalating tensions in Israel between some in the ultra-Orthodox community and the general Israeli populace.
Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 03.13.2012
While one must not tar all ultra-Orthodox Jews with the brush of intolerance, the fact is that the antagonism displayed by haredim toward other Jews is becoming ever more extreme. It was not always thus.
Eliyahu Federman | Posted 03.04.2012
The Haredi communities turning to violence have forgotten the essential cornerstone that has kept Judaism relevant, vibrant and intellectually honest through the ages.
Brent E. Sasley | Posted 02.11.2012
The nationalists and religious are not susceptible to arguments that Israel will become isolated in the world, losing even its closest allies. They remain tied to the biblical notion that Israel is a nation that "dwells alone."
Posted 12.07.2011
By Michele Chabin Religion News Service JERUSALEM (RNS) With its department-store-sized windows, the Kolben Dance Company's studio faces a busy do...
Alon Ben-Meir | Posted 09.24.2011
Israel today is more isolated than ever before in the international arena, with friends and allies dwindling amidst a growth of delegitimizing efforts and rising anti-Semitism globally. It should be no surprise that many Israelis want out.
Rabbi Jason Miller | Posted 07.09.2011
This publication has the freedom of the press to determine what to include and exclude from its pages. However, altering photographs in this manner is in violation of Jewish law -- it is a misrepresentation of the truth.
Marc Gopin | Posted 05.25.2011
We need to support and create more opportunity for Israeli Jews and Arabs to interact and work together as equals with common goals and values.
Edgar M. Bronfman | Posted 05.25.2011
For all those who care deeply about the security and well-being of the Jewish state, it is clear that the present political system is not working. Israel's own politics are hindering it from the crucial steps it needs to take for its own survival.
Rabbi Eric H. Yoffie | Posted 05.25.2011
Despite the vast differences between us, perhaps there are things that the liberals and the fundamentalists can learn from each other.
Eileen Read | Posted 05.25.2011
It is with American ears that revere the separation of church and state that we listen in awe to extreme religious happenings in the Middle East. Som...
Michael Gould-Wartofsky | Posted 05.25.2011
Amid an otherwise festive ethos at New York City's annual Salute to Israel Parade, hundreds of paraders ended up facing off with a group of ultra-Orthodox Jews who oppose the state of Israel.
ReligionDispatches | Mark Dery | Posted 05.25.2011
Just six weeks after Sara Hurwitz was granted the title of "rabba" -- a feminized version of "rabbi" -- that title is in jeopardy as Orthodox Jews con...
AP | AMY TEIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011
JERUSALEM — Prominent ultra-Orthodox Israeli rabbis are targeting a new foe in the decidedly impious world of the Internet: They've demanded a b...
Posted 05.18.2012