Orthodox Jews

The U.S. Supreme Court has halted a New York court ruling ordering Yeshiva University, an Orthodox Jewish university in New York City, to “immediately” approve the LGBT student group “Pride Alliance,” in violation of its religious beliefs.

Two Jewish shopkeepers have been “viciously” assaulted outside a London bakery by a lone attacker on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day.

Biden’s Build Back Better plan would force faith-based childhood centers that accept federal dollars to teach radical LGBTQ curriculum.

Israel opened the third booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine to over 30s on Tuesday, as the country came close to an all-time high with close to 10,000 reported daily coronavirus infections.

According to a new poll from the Pew Research Center, while the majority of Jews identify as Democrat, three out of four Orthodox Jews identify as Republican.

The U.S. Supreme Court on announced it is granting injunction relief to houses of worship, which challenged New York Gov. Cuomo’s coronavirus rules.

A congregation of Orthodox Jews prayed for President Donald Trump’s victory on Election Day, in a prayer that was captured on video Tuesday morning.

Catholic League president Bill Donohue has censured New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his malicious targeting of Orthodox Jews in a recent edict against the coronavirus.

A group of 100 Orthodox Jewish rabbis from across the United States are urging Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to end his association with the discredited Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) through its AmazonSmile charity program, citing the center’s so-called “hate map” which they say puts their community at risk.

Nine in ten Orthodox Jews say that they support President Donald Trump, according to a poll released Wednesday by Ami Magazine. Moreover, that support appears to have risen dramatically since Election Day in 2016.

The Hungarian government has granted the Unified Hungarian Jewish Congregation (EMIH) special status in the country, giving it official recognition “in the highest category.”

At least 100 car tires were slashed in a predominately Orthodox Jewish neighborhood in New Jersey over the past few days, local law enforcement officials say. 

TEL AVIV – A Christian couple posing as ultra-Orthodox Jews in a heavily Jewish Chicago neighborhood have admitted they did so to spread the word of Jesus.

There was dancing in the streets of Brooklyn on Wednesday as President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Rabbi Sholom Rubashkin, a former supplier of kosher meat who was sentenced to an unusually long prison term of 27 years in 2010 after being convicted of fraud the year before.

Rabbis cannot, dare not, kosher countries like Qatar. The Emir can only kosher himself by immediately ceasing all funding of terror against Jews.

TEL AVIV – The owners of minimarkets in Jerusalem are fighting a municipal order to close on Saturday for the Jewish Sabbath, amid fears that the forced closures will mean facing bankruptcy, the Jerusalem Post reported.

JERUSALEM – Dozens of Israeli rabbis on Sunday called on their communities to act with tolerance and respect toward gay and lesbian congregants.

TEL AVIV – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said there were “difficulties” implementing the historic agreement that would allow egalitarian prayers to take place at the Western Wall, fueling condemnation from leaders of the Reform and Conservative denominations of Judaism. The statement comes less

Ynetnews reports:  “Shlissel ran quietly among the parade participants, worked quietly – not as you would imagine,” a witness told the prosecution in the trial of Yishai Shlissel (pictured above, centre), accused of murdering Shira Banki at the Jerusalem Pride

TEL AVIV – Sacha Baron Cohen’s latest alter-ego, Nobby, told Israeli comedian Guri Alfi that boycotting is “fantastic” as long as it’s against Jews. Alfi was interviewing “Nobby” at the London premiere of his new movie Grimsby. When asked if he knew any Hebrew, Nobby answered him in fluent Hebrew, “How much does three grams of cocaine cost?”

Israel’s long-running struggle to balance modern standards with Jewish tradition has come to a head in the military, where new orders curtailing beards among soldiers have met protests from some rabbis. Many Orthodox Jewish men go unshaven, a religious observance

TEL AVIV — Israel’s Supreme Court unanimously ruled that public ritual baths must accept converts from all Jewish denominations, including the Reform and Conservative movements, the Washington Post reported. Jewish tradition dictates that converts to Judaism must immerse in a

TEL AVIV – A twice-converted black rapper and YouTube sensation from Seattle is heading to Israel to make a new life for himself as an Orthodox Jew, the Times of Israel reported. Nissim Baruch Black of Seattle, Washington, features on

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The Israeli government approved on Sunday the creation of a mixed-sex plaza at Jerusalem’s Western Wall to accommodate Jews who contest Orthodox curbs on worship by women there.

Jewish News reports:  Jonathan Pollard – the spy who served 30 years in a U.S. prison after admitting providing classified information to the Israeli government – will address Jewish leaders in New York next week in his first public speech since his release.  Pollard

TEL AVIV – Israel’s ultra-Orthodox health minister will propose a new plan to open up the market for medical marijuana, Ynet reported.

JERUSALEM — The body of an Israeli transgender woman who committed suicide will be cremated despite her ultra-Orthodox family’s wishes, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled in documents obtained today. Before she killed herself earlier this month, May Peleg wrote in her

On Monday night, the fourth attack against Orthodox Jews in the last week occurred in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

A New Jersey rabbi spent his second day on trial for allegedly charging undercover FBI agents to kidnap a man and force him to give his wife a religious divorce, called a “get.” Attorneys for Rabbi Mendel Epstein characterize him as a “defender of women’s rights.”