NEW YORK (JTA) — The Orthodox Jewish world is even more fragmented than you think. That’s the key takeaway from a study published Thursday of Modern Orthodox Jews in the U.S., a group that ...

Modern Zionism is gradually abandoning David Ben-Gurion’s “melting pot” approach, embracing instead a profound social ...

(JTA) — For many Modern Orthodox teens, there is a “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy when it comes to sex. Premarital sex, which is expressly forbidden according to halacha, or Jewish law ...

Additionally, as I matured, I came to see God in the love and support that I received from my friends, wholly distinct from the political perversion of religious Zionism, and warmer than the vacuous, ...

‘Orthodox’ can be used to describe people on any part of the scale of Judaism – from those who are fully observant to the Torah, to those who do not follow it closely. Overall, it refers to ...

No surprise to see Trump invite an Orthodox rabbi to Washington, D.C., even while they make up a small percentage of Jews in America.

In the greater Orthodox Jewish community, this avoidance is particularly ... even in communities such as the greater Modern Orthodox community, known for making more liberal strides in teaching ...