Rabbi Julius Berman, who led the Orthodox Union and a myriad of other prominent Jewish communal organizations across the Orthodox and secular Jewish world, has died at 90. Born in Lithuania in 1935 to ...

Before the now common rigid gender separation, Orthodox couples like my wife and me met organically. Here are 3 ways to ...

This week, as New York City inaugurated its first Muslim mayor, two cities in the United States also made history with the swearing-in of their first Orthodox Jewish mayors. While Orthodox mayors have ...

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(JTA) — This week, as New York City inaugurated its first Muslim mayor, two cities in the United States also made history with the swearing-in of their first Orthodox Jewish mayors. While Orthodox ...

A young man was arrested Monday for the antisemitic attack on an Orthodox Jewish man in Brooklyn less than a week ago. Armani Charles, 23, was charged with assault as a hate crime, attempted assault ...

In a different era in New York, mayoral candidates focused on what was known as “The Three I’s“: Italy, Ireland and Israel. Fast forward to 2025, where in this year’s primary, the candidates all seem ...

Legacy runs deep in Judaism, shaping both who we are and the choices we make.

It's a tradition for many Jewish families: Chinese takeout on Christmas. How did this happen? A group of New York City high schoolers shared their reporting with NPR's Student Podcast Challenge. This ...

The dentist’s phone started ringing one day in July. And it wouldn’t stop. The menacing calls and messages kept coming, flooding the Freehold office’s landline. Extremists then inundated Rimma Chertog ...

I grew up in what I now recognize as a golden age for Jews in New York City. That may sound indulgent or nostalgic, but it is neither. It is an observation grounded in lived experience. I was raised ...