יהדות, מסורת וחברה. Jewish life, tradition and society.
For Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz, of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, a Modern Orthodox synagogue on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, observing Rosh Hashanah this year without acknowledging the events…
Rabbi Avraham Wiener, senior figures of the Biala Hasidic dynasty and longtime close disciple of its rebbes, passes away at the age of 93.
Every few years, Israel’s Haredi draft dispute follows the same script. A court sets a legal deadline. The government appoints a committee or introduces a bill.…
Torah's prohibition against excessive mourning: "You are children of Hashem".
For generations, some tried to frighten Jews away from their faith. Others tried to argue them out of it. The Malbim finds the strength to prevail…
An inmate who identifies as a Hasidic Jew will get another chance to pursue several claims that Iowa prison officials failed to accommodate his religious practices…
Change will come when Israel’s leadership recognizes that protecting full-time Torah study and strengthening national security are not mutually exclusive goals.
Prominent Religious Zionist rabbis issue rare joint call encouraging young men to enlist in the Temple Mount Police unit, describing the role as both a national…
As bewildering as the world can be, the parasha and haftorah assure us of our wonderful future. Our enemies, whether on the battlefields or in the…
The former Shas chairman is in talks with the "Haredi Public" party, which targets working haredim and advocates for enlisting haredim not engaged in full-time Torah…
In an interview with Arutz Sheva following his party’s launch, Yoaz Hendel says Netanyahu must take responsibility for the October 7 disaster, calls for the establishment…
A Haredi journalist, a Palestinian civic leader from Nazareth and a religious-Zionist philosopher describe what happened when TEMA put them in the same room.
The chairman of the Democrats party, Yair Golan, said at a conference that "we would not want to draft all the Haredim tomorrow morning."
Vilnius was a major center of Jewish thought, famed for both its religious tradition and modern secular Jewish culture. It was home to the 18th-century Vilna…