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Screenshot from an ad for Kars4Kids. (YouTube)
Posted inCalifornia

Judge bars Kars4Kids from advertising in California, saying it misled donors about Orthodox mission

by Grace Gilson May 15, 2026May 15, 2026

(JTA) — A California judge has ordered Kars4Kids to stop airing its ubiquitous jingle in the state unless the Jewish car-donation charity discloses that its funding is dedicated to Orthodox […]

Rabbi Yosef Blau
Posted inReligion

Yosef Blau, author of an Orthodox rabbis’ letter calling out Israel, responds to his critics

by Andrew Silow-Carroll September 5, 2025September 9, 2025
Rabbi Tadhg Cleary
Posted inReligion

In a first, Orthodox rabbinical school ordains an out gay rabbi

Louis Keene by Louis Keene August 13, 2025August 13, 2025
Demonstrators approach Sather Gate at UC Berkeley during a protest against antisemitism on campus, March 11, 2024. (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFirst Person

After surviving Cal, I’m running for World Zionist Congress

Danielle Sobkin (Courtesy) by Danielle Sobkin April 24, 2025April 24, 2025
Christian students enrolled in the master's program for Jewish studies at Yeshiva University read a piece of text from the book of or Exodus while on a tour of the campus guided by Jewish educators. (Photo/JTA-Courtesy Yeshiva University)
Posted inEducation

Yeshiva University, a pillar of Orthodox Judaism, launches master’s program for Christian students

Jackie Hajdenberg by Jackie Hajdenberg August 10, 2023
(From left) Eruv expert Rabbi Haim Jachter, Beth Jacob members Raphi Shorser and Michael Sosebee and Rabbi Gershon Albert out on an eruv boundary–hunting expedition in August.
Posted inNews

Major expansion of Oakland eruv is a ‘game-changer’ for Orthodox

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky December 6, 2021December 7, 2021
Hared Orthodox Jewish men walk near the Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, Jun. 17, 2021. (Photo/JTA-Olivier Fitoussi-Flash90)
Posted inNews

Nearly 1 in 3 Israeli Jews will be haredi Orthodox by 2050, per Israeli economic projections

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA November 23, 2021
Rabbanit Shira Marili Mirvis will be the spiritual leader of Shirat Hatamar, an Orthodox synagogue in the West Bank settlement of Efrat. (Screenshot/JTA)
Posted inNews

For the first time, a woman will lead an Israeli Orthodox synagogue

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA April 29, 2021
Children sitting at the Park East Synagogue, a Modern Orthodox congregation in New York City, March 3, 2017. (Photo/JTA-Drew Angerer-Getty Images)
Posted inMixed & Matched

I’m tired of my fellow Jews insulting my Orthodoxy

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler April 14, 2021
Aaron Mostofsky, right, was one of the rioters who entered the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. (Screenshot from D.C. Police)
Posted inU.S.

Orthodox Jewish rioter was not a left-wing agitator, despite claims from right-wing Twitter accounts

Shira Hanau by Shira Hanau and JTA January 15, 2021January 15, 2021

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