Acceptance of LGBTQ identities is growing in some parts of Orthodox Judaism, but slowly. motimeiri/iStock via Getty Images Plus Yeshiva University, the storied modern Orthodox Jewish university in New ...

Yeshiva University, the storied modern Orthodox Jewish university in New York, is in the midst of a legal battle over its refusal to recognize the YU Pride Alliance, an undergraduate club. While YU ...

Orthodox Jewish women attend an event celebrating the completion of the 7 1/2-year cycle of daily study of the Talmud, the central text of Jewish law, on Jan. 5, 2020, in Jerusalem. AP Photo/Tsafrir ...

In the 1950s, the future of American Orthodox Judaism looked so gloomy that the prominent sociologist Marshall Sklare predicted its imminent extinction. Sklare’s ominous forecast could not have proved ...

An ad campaign to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Brandeis University is generating controversy for its approach to the college's Jewish roots. The ad, which was spread over a double page of the New ...

While Orthodox Jews largely find their lifestyle fulfilling, a growing number hold progressive stances on issues like women’s roles in the clergy and Israeli politics, according to a new poll. The ...

In Hulu’s The Patient, Steve Carell’s character Alan Strauss and his wife Beth practiced a Liberal or “Reform” Judaism. They raised their children, Shoshana and Ezra, in this religion. Beth was a ...

Tensions escalated in recent months as Haredi community continues to oppose military conscription - Anadolu Ajansı ...

Tens of thousands of Long Island's Orthodox Jews are forgoing haircuts for more than a month, pursuant to a rabbinical prohibition dating back centuries — and hastening a rush to the barbershop. So ...

(The Conversation) — Orthodox Jewish communities are still difficult places for many LGBTQ people. Yet the view, once ubiquitous, that Orthodox tradition is incompatible with their identities is ...