A court decision allowing Israeli women to take the Chief Rabbinate’s exams is the latest sign of growing recognition for ...

Lag BaOmer bonfires and picnics have been adopted by some with a fervor as if Moses himself had commanded them. Mimunah is celebrated as if Judaism can’t do without it. More recently, Ashkenazic Jews ...

Female rabbis have staked a claim to a Judaism that is fully inclusive and respectful of the values of all its adherents.

US appears to side with Israel after deadly exchange of fire in Gaza, while Hamas calls Israeli strikes a ‘dangerous escalation’ that put ceasefire at risk ...

Despite Degel HaTorah’s support, Agudat Yisrael, UTJ’s other faction, still opposes the bill. Fellow ultra-Orthodox party ...

Developments on the controversial bill had previously been halted in the Knesset’s Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee ...

Hundreds of Israeli soldiers have submitted requests for early retirement, deepening the military’s manpower crisis, Israeli ...

It can have no pegimah (פגימה, nick or flaw), not even one invisible to the naked eye. Why? The Torah commands a precise and ...

One leading theory among rabbinic educators is that the surge in LGBTQ students represents not only a new openness but also generations of pent-up aspiration. For much of modern American Jewish ...

Israel's haredi draft crisis intensifies as court ruling forces action, while political divisions and protests make it ...

Platt's "Being Jewish" podcast brings him face to face with conservatives, progressives, activists, actors and his own family ...

Yedioth Ahronoth reports that around 600 career military personnel seek early retirement as manpower shortages deepen amid ...