Posts Tagged: religious Jews
Israeli Arab Doctors and Nurses Help Orthodox Jewish Patients With Religious Practice in Midst of Coronavirus Crisis
Coexistence between Israeli Arabs and Jews in the face of the global coronavirus pandemic found expression in two incidents that were widely shared over the...
Leaving the Fold and Returning to It: Two Tales of Adjustment
I did something recently that I said I wasn't going to do anymore: I read an online essay by a woman who left the "ultra-Orthodox"...
Avoid the Zealots Who Have Dibs on ‘Orthodoxy’
There has been a lot of debate recently about what defines Modern Orthodoxy. The latest “term” is “Open Orthodoxy” as opposed to “Modern,” “Rational," “Halachic,"...
Pew Study: US Religious Belief Down, Jewish Daily Prayer Up
JNS.org - While America has seen a decline in religious belief and behavior in the last seven years, the majority of Americans are still religious, according...
Israeli-Arab Teens Tell Police They Were Targeting Kippah-Wearing Jews to Stab
Two Arab youths arrested Tuesday in Migdal HaEmek in northern Israel, when they were caught with a knife and pocket-knife, told police interrogators on Wednesday...
New York Councilman Visiting Ramallah Refuses to Remove Kippah When Asked by US Consulate Security
David Greenfield, a religious Jewish New York City councilman, accused the US Consulate in Jerusalem of asking him to remove his kippah during a...
What Does it Mean to be ‘Religious’?
My pet peeve as a proudly involved and committed Jew has to do with the word "religious." Some synonyms for the word include devout, pious,...
Rabbinic Violence
I can't even begin to express how embarrassed I am by the case currently getting massive exposure in the press and T.V. about a collection...
Orthodox Female Israeli Kickboxing Champ Shares Her Unlikely Story (VIDEO)
The Muay Thai kickboxing world has an unlikely world champion in Sara Avraham, an Indian immigrant who lives in the West Bank settlement of Kiryat...
The Difference between Orthodox Jews and Religious Jews?
As CEO of 5WPR, I am well versed in matters concerning brands and how media shapes perceptions. On a professional and personal front,...
What Does ‘Mildly Islamist’ Mean?
The Economist, amongst many others, loves to refer to Recep Erdogan, Prime Minister of Turkey, and his Justice and Development Party, as "mildly Islamist". He...
Yeshiva University’s Rabbi Lamm and Joe Paterno
As CEO of 5WPR, a leading public relations firm and one whose children attend Jewish Modern Orthodox day schools I am cognizant and concerned over the repeated negative...
Shame on ‘Religious Jews’ for Harrassing an Alleged Victim of Sexual Abuse
Every New York City tabloid newspaper this week is covering the repeated harassment by members of the Charedi Jewish community of a 17-year-old girl who...
Eating Bugs or Sexual Abuse: Prioritizing Sins
We have so many humanitarian and political challenges that face us, as humans and Jews that I suspect the only way we can cope is...