After years of court battles, Israel will allow women to take the exams men take to become rabbis. It is a step toward expanding women's leadership roles in Orthodox Judaism.

He made a home in the cracks of a system that had not ruled about his gender. In those cracks, he found meaning.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tour participants walk past an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man during a tour by Frieda Vizel of the Hasidic section of Williamsburg in ...

The only non-Christian speaker at a mass prayer rally on the National Mall on Sunday was an Orthodox rabbi who got the crowd applauding against antisemitism.

Israeli government faces collapse as coalition parties clash over military draft exemptions for Haredi constituents.

When we think about “off-the-derech” Jews, those who have left Orthodoxy behind, we tend to think of rebellious youths in ...

In recent years, The New York Times has published a number of articles that have been accused of perpetuating negative stereotypes about ultra-Orthodox Jews.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has remained in power for most of the past 17 years due in part to a tight alliance with ultra-Orthodox religious parties. After 2 1/2 years of active ...

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 ...