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Alex Edelman, 7.4.14

Alex Edelman’s ‘Just For Us’ premieres with Jewish identity and antisemitism again in the spotlight

By BEN SALES/JTA

Upper West Side, Manhattan, New York City.

Two Orthodox Jews in NYC pelted with objects by passing car

By MICHAEL STARR

Purim celebrations last year. "The costume is only worn for one day, you can compromise and buy discounted costumes"

Delivery of dishes & wine: gaps of tens of percent between the chains

By Dr. Hezi Gur Mizrahi

Orthodox Jews in New York

Rabbi sues JetBlue, removed for not sitting next to woman

By Walla!

Moshe Tur-Paz

25 years of peace education essential to shift Palestinian attitudes on Israel, says MK Tur-Paz

By FELICE FRIEDSON/THE MEDIA LINE

An ultra-Orthodox Jewish family takes part in the Tashlikh ritual, to symbolically cast away sins, ahead of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, in Ashdod, Israel, October 3, 2022.

Orthodox women pledge to hold ‘sex strike’ to protest religious divorce refusal

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA

Dr. Yizhar Hess

What do the ultra-Orthodox parties do when they encounter a brick wall? - Opinion

By DR. YIZHAR HESS

A religious Orthodox Israeli Jew in a prayer shawl (tallit) is seen praying while keeping a smartphone in front of him.

Call of war: Have Orthodox Israelis been using phones on Shabbat since Oct. 7?

By ALEX WINSTON

A Magazine cover featuring The Jerusalem Post's survey on phone usage over Shabbat among Orthodox Jews in Israel.

Are more Orthodox Jews in Israel using phones on Shabbat during wartime?

By ALEX WINSTON

A group of ultra-Orthodox Jews blocked traffic and the light rail in Jerusalem demonstrating against a Haredi draft into the IDF. February 26, 2024.

Ultra-Orthodox Jews block traffic, light rail in Haredi draft protest

By Sam Halpern , SOL SUSSMAN

A Jewish man praying (Illustrative).

Why do we pray? Turning to God in times of trauma

By DVORA WAYSMAN

YEHUDA SOLOMON at home in Israel.

After 24 years, Israel's prodigal son Yehuda Solomon comes home

Haredi women in the tech sector

Ultra-Orthodox women break through in tech education, report finds

By LANA IKELAN/THE MEDIA LINE

ORTHODOX SOLDIERS participate in an IDF swearing-in ceremony in Jerusalem.

Haredi soldiers and the struggle for community acceptance

By NECHUMI YAFFE

The skyline of downtown Houston is seen in Houston, Texas, US. July 16, 2023

Ari Segal, former head of two Orthodox schools, accused of ‘sexualized’ communications with student

By RON KAMPEAS/JTA

'THERE ARE many good people in the US and in higher education.' Yeshiva University students and faculty marching for Israel.

'Jewish students are hiding who they are' as antisemitism surges

Thousands of Chabad emissaries gathered for a joint prayer for the abducted Israelis

POSTERS BEARING the photos of Israelis being held hostage by Hamas in Gaza are seen on a street in Port Washington, NY

Extremist haredi men defaced posters of abducted Israel women