Phylisa Wisdom, 39, the former executive director of the lefty organization New York Jewish Agenda will lead the Mayor’s ...

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s choice for antisemitism czar has some Orthodox Jews scratching their heads in confusion. The new czar, 39-year-old Phylisa Wisdom, is herself […] ...

Frieda Vizel's path diverged from her ultra-Orthodox Jewish upbringing in New York, but instead of severing ties, she has forged a unique role as an online personality and guide, offering outsiders a ...

Seated inside a ballroom on the campus of an all-girls religious school, the heavy hitters of Haredi Orthodox Judaism stared ...

Gregory Bovino, the Border Patrol official who led immigration raids in Minneapolis, reportedly mocked the Jewish faith of Minnesota’s U.S. attorney during a phone call with other prosecutors in ...

Thousands of Ultra-Orthodox Jews of the Belz Hasidic dynasty celebrated the Jewish feast of Tu Bishvat or "New Year of the ...

Phylisa Wisdom has alienated some Orthodox and Hasidic Jewish leaders over her blunt criticism of yeshiva education ...

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 ...

(THE CONVERSATION) When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a ...

Tour participants walk past an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man during a tour by Frieda Vizel of the Hasidic section of Williamsburg in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP ...

Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the tight-knit world she ...