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Orthodox Jews

A supporters holds a sign that says "Trump" in Hebrew and English as Donald Trump speaks during the Republican Jewish Coalition Annual Leadership Meeting in Las Vegas, April 6, 2019. (Photo/JTA-Saul Loeb-AFP)
Posted inUncategorized

Many Orthodox Jews support President Trump. I’m one of them.

Binyamin Rose by Binyamin Rose and JTA September 1, 2020
The U.S. Supreme Court building (Photo/JTA-Stefani Reynolds-Getty Images)
Posted inPolitics

For Orthodox groups, the Supreme Court’s ruling on school vouchers is a big win

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA July 1, 2020May 21, 2025
Instead of her planned bat mitzvah Torah service, Raizel Mahgel-Friedman will have a "Torah learning" ceremony streamed on Zoom on April 24. (Photo/Courtesy Nell Mahgel-Friedman)
Posted inReligion

Orthodox Jews find creative workarounds for b’nai mitzvahs during pandemic

Gabe Stutman by Gabe Stutman April 21, 2020April 22, 2020
Abby Chava Stein, author of "Becoming Eve." (JTA/Debra Nussbaum Cohen)
Posted inOff the Shelf

Leaving Orthodoxy: personal stories of gender and Hasidism

Howard Freedman by Howard Freedman February 20, 2020February 20, 2020
Supporters of Donald Trump hold signs in Hebrew and English as the president speaks at the Republican Jewish Coalition's annual leadership meeting in Las Vegas, April 6, 2019. (JTA/Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images)
Posted inU.S.

‘I think it’s Israel’: How Orthodox Jews became Republicans

Laura E. AdkinsBen Sales by Laura E. Adkins, Ben Sales and JTA February 3, 2020
From "The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch," now available on Netflix.
Posted inTV & Film

Swiss film depicts religious awakening but is far from woke

Esther D. Kustanowitz by Esther D. Kustanowitz November 8, 2019
Rep. Ilhan Omar has made wearing a headscarf seem fashionable, chic and powerful. (Photo/JTA-Tom Williams-CQ Roll Call)
Posted inFirst Person

How Ilhan Omar inspired this Orthodox woman to start wearing a headscarf

Rachel Wizenfeld by Rachel Wizenfeld and JTA August 28, 2019
Laurel Javors (left) and Rafi Daugherty listen as another couple receives a civil union license in Denver in 2013 (Photo/JTA-Marc Piscotty-Getty Images)
Posted inFirst Person

I’m an Orthodox rabbi, and I officiate at LGBTQ weddings

Rabbi Avram Mlotek by Rabbi Avram Mlotek and JTA July 18, 2019October 28, 2020
three dogs roll around in the grass playing
Posted inIsrael, News

All dogs are bad and their owners ‘accursed,’ say Israeli rabbis

by JTA July 12, 2019
Jerusalem gay pride parade, Sept. 18, 2014. (Photo/JTA-Hadas Paush-Flash90)
Posted inUncategorized

We Orthodox Jews desperately need gay rabbis

Rabbi Daniel Landes by Rabbi Daniel Landes May 28, 2019May 28, 2019

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