The Orthodox men set up a mechitza, meant to divide between men and women, and shouted and sang as the worshippers read the book of Lamentations. (JTA) — A crowd of Orthodox men disrupted a ...
Hundreds of far-right Orthodox Jews overran a prayer service being held by the Conservative Movement at the pluralistic prayer plaza at the Western Wall on Saturday night to mark the fast day of Tisha ...
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As the government ignores the question of opening the Western Wall to non-Orthodox denominations dozens of Orthodox Jewish worshippers are establishing facts on the ground by holding festive holiday ...
NEW YORK (JTA) — For decades, one name dominated the bookshelves and pews of American Orthodox synagogues: ArtScroll. The Brooklyn-based publisher of Jewish books put out the most widely used Orthodox ...
Hundreds of Reform Jewish activists marched on Jerusalem’s Western Wall yesterday, demanding equal access to one of the most holy sites in Judaism and scuffling with their ultra-conservative Orthodox ...
A prayer service marking the third anniversary of the Russia’s invasion of Ukraine takes place Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at St. Mary’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church in Whitehall Township. Arch Bishop Daniel ...
SEATTLE — Rev. Fr. Andriy Matlak of Seattle’s Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Holy Trinity is praying for a miracle as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues. “A lot of people are asking, what can I do?
A new siddur and chumash, with more emphasis on Israel and the experience of Orthodox women, are challenging the publisher’s primacy. NEW YORK (JTA) — For decades, one name dominated the bookshelves ...