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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
Rapper Nissim Black's new single says that he's "Hitler's worst nightmare." (Screenshot from "Mothaland Bounce" video)
Posted inCulture

Orthodox rapper Nissim Black reintroduces himself to the world

by Emily Burack and JTA February 19, 2020
"Shtisel" co-creator Yehonatan Indursky and Haredi activist Pnina Pfeuffer discuss the show at Congregation Sherith Israel in San Francisco, Jan. 29, 2020. (S. Smith Patrick)
Posted inTV

‘Shtisel’ creator and haredi activist discuss change among Israel’s ultra-Orthodox

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten January 31, 2020February 6, 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
Yosef Rapaport, left, and his son Alexander do not feel that life has become more dangerous for Orthodox Jews in Brooklyn. They say attacks on Jews are nothing new. (Photo/JTA-Ben Sales)
Posted inU.S.

In Orthodox Jewish Brooklyn, a spate of assaults feels like more of the same

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA September 4, 2019
Ruth, the heroine of the biblical book that bears her name, was the first convert to Judaism. Painting by James Tissot, ca. 1900
Posted inMixed & Matched

Why won’t an Orthodox rabbi convert me?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler February 25, 2019
a woman sets in a wedding dress, she looks on the verge of tears
Posted inArt, Culture, Film, TV & Film

Orthodox filmmaker’s risky ‘Wedding Plan’

by Michael Fox May 16, 2017March 23, 2018
Posted inBay Area

Oy, there’s the rub: Orthodox trio runs a Berkeley pot collective that sells cannabis salve

Rebecca Spence by Rebecca Spence November 19, 2010April 6, 2017
Posted inIsrael, Community, Education

Womens yeshiva in Israel: little cash, lots of Berkeley

by Dan Pine November 19, 2010December 29, 2016
Posted inArt

Out of prison, into Orthodoxy: Rapper Shyne singing a new tune in Israel

by J. Correspondent November 19, 2010December 29, 2016

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