A new survey of American Jews who have left Orthodox Judaism asks tough questions of the community as it describes the complicated web of factors causing people to leave the fold. Published by the ...

Frieda Vizel left her ultra-orthodox lifestyle in a crisis of faith at 25 but instead of cutting ties she became a tour guide to the world of New York's ultra-Orthodox Jews. Vizel gives sold-out tours ...

This dramatic transformation is the story that Dr. Lawrence Grossman (former director of publications at the American Jewish ...

Ziva Mann remembers how joyful and smiley her daughter was as a child — the family even gave her the nickname “Giggles.” “She was just sunshine,” Mann said. That changed around second grade, when her ...

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Orthodox Jewish women attend an event celebrating the completion of the 7 1/2-year cycle of daily study of the Talmud, the central text of Jewish law, on Jan. 5, 2020, in Jerusalem. AP Photo/Tsafrir ...

Jewish writer Shulem Deen said he was born into a world of complete passivity, with major life decisions made for him, including whom to marry and what names to give his children. That was true until ...

As America is becoming more politically polarized, American Jews are becoming more theologically polarized. According to Pew surveys, four in ten Jewish adults under 30 describe their religion as ...

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 teacher, a nonprofit ...