Orthodox Jews

Why I (Sometimes) Don't Wear A Kipah*

Menachem Kaiser | Posted 08.29.2009 | Living


Menachem Kaiser

Open, visible identification with any group whose rules and/or opinions are stated or implicitly assumed is a responsibility, or, conversely, a burden.

Anne Barker, Seasoned Reporter, Gets Harassed, Spit On At Orthodox Jewish Protest In Jerusalem

Huffington Post | Posted 08.06.2009 | World


Anne Barker, a reporter for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, was caught in a violent protest of Orthodox Jews against a local carpark that wou...

Ashira: Orthodox Jewish All-Girl Rock Band Refuses To Play For Men

AP | TARA TODRAS-WHITEHILL | Posted 07.02.2009 | World


RAMAT GAN, Israel — On a fog-filled stage, as the six women of the Ashira band rocked before their die-hard fans, a man entered the auditorium _...

Orthodox Jewish Community Rocked By Widespread Sex Abuse Allegations

ABC News | SCOTT MICHELS | Posted 06.05.2009 | Home


When Joel Engelman was 8 years old, he says, he was called from his Hebrew class to the principal's office at his Brooklyn yeshiva, a Jewish religious...

Account From The Set Of "Jerusalem: Center Of The World"

Ray Suarez | Posted 05.01.2009 | World


Ray Suarez

I have always been interested in those places where the membrane between the seen and the unseen is thin -- where human beings feel able to touch the eternal.

How New York Media Grinches Taught Me the True Meaning of Chanukah

Steven I. Weiss | Posted 01.30.2009 | Media


Steven I. Weiss

Despite the fact that many media personalities are bright and funny and fascinating and love being Jewish, so many of them have the distinct feeling that Judaism doesn't want them.

Sex As An Orthodox Jew

tangomag.com | Lynne Meredith Schreiber | Posted 03.28.2008 | Living


Two little drops of reddish brown on my underwear. Here we go again. Since I had kids, my cycle is irregular, which wouldn't be a big deal except tha...