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Julia Haart in the Netflix reality series "My Unorthodox Life." (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

Netflix renews ‘My Unorthodox Life’ for second season

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA September 22, 2021
The Birnbaum machzor, first published in 1951, remained a staple of Orthodox synagogues despite a bounty of competitors. (Photo/JTA-Open Siddur Project)
Posted inReligion

Why this High Holiday prayer book is still going strong after 70 years

Yosef Lindell by Yosef Lindell and JTA August 31, 2021August 31, 2021
Julia Haart (center) is the focus of the Netflix reality series "My Unorthodox Life."
Posted inFirst Person

‘My Unorthodox Life’: Uninteresting and superficial

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS July 23, 2021
Jacob Steinmetz is the first Orthodox player drafted by a Major League Baseball team. (Photo/JTA)
Posted inSports

‘Why can’t I be the first?’ Orthodox baseball prospect Jacob Steinmetz on the history he hopes to make

by Rob Charry and JTA July 21, 2021
(Photo/Instagram-Elie Kligman)
Posted inSports

Elie Kligman becomes second Orthodox baseball player drafted into the MLB in 2 days

Gabe Friedman by Gabe Friedman and JTA July 15, 2021
Julia Haart in the Netflix reality series "My Unorthodox Life." (Photo/Netflix)
Posted inTV & Film

‘My Unorthodox Life’: Hasidic TV trend gets reality treatment

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz July 8, 2021July 14, 2021
This aerial view shows search and rescue personnel working after the partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, north of Miami Beach, on June 24, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Chandan Khanna-AFP via Getty)
Posted inU.S.

The deadly building collapse in Surfside, Florida, struck a growing Jewish community

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA June 25, 2021June 28, 2021
Some Trump-supporting Jews gather in front of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue as part of a protest to stop antisemitism, Oct. 15, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Tayfun Coskun-Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
Posted inNews

New Pew study shows 75% of Orthodox Jews identify as Republicans, up from 57% in 2013

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA May 18, 2021
an abstract illustration of an american flag with six-pointed stars waving over a background of pie charts and bar graphs
Posted inU.S.

Pew study cheat sheet: 10 key conclusions from the new survey of American Jews

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA May 11, 2021
A scene from "Nurses," which aired on NBC on Feb. 9, 2021. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inOpinion

‘Dead goyim leg’: Why do medical dramas keep perpetuating terrible stereotypes about Orthodox Jews?

Shoshana Gottlieb by Shoshana Gottlieb and JTA March 9, 2021

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