The Israeli military has enlisted the first batch of about 50 recruits into its new ultra-Orthodox brigade after a controversial decision to end their decades-long exemption from service.

Countries belonging to the Eastern Orthodox Church did not readily adopt the Gregorian calendar either. It is also quite clear, on a historical level, that Catholic Europe celebrated New Year’s ...

By 2010, women comprised about 17% of the movement’s Rabbinical Assembly membership, and as of 2020 ... two more Orthodox women, an American in Riverdale, New York, and an Israeli in Efrat ...

Rabbanit Leah Sarna, the first senior rabbinic leader of her Orthodox synagogue, creates another crack in a persistent glass ...

Is Said to Discuss Dropping Case Against Eric Adams Officials under President Trump talked with Manhattan prosecutors about possibly abandoning the corruption case against the mayor of New York City.

When the ball drops in New York City’s Times Square to herald the start of 2025, it’ll actually be late to the party as dozens of countries around the world will already have welcomed the new ...

Priests are now planning to open new parishes to accommodate the “tsunami” of young men who have converted since the pandemic. They say that most of the new converts found the Orthodox church ...

Kennedy once again betrays his ignorance about Medicaid. “The premiums are too high, the deductibles are too high, and everybody’s getting sicker,” he said. But Medicaid has no premiums or ...

The first 50 ultra-Orthodox soldiers were drafted for regular service in the Israel Defense Forces’ new Haredi brigade, known as the Hasmonean Brigade, the military said on Sunday. The ...

They say that most of the new converts found the Orthodox church by watching YouTube videos or listening to podcasts. Matthew Ryan, a former atheist, found Orthodoxy after he saw a comment about good ...

He was previously a foreign correspondent for The New York Times and The Times of London. He reported from the Balkans, Iraq, India, Afghanistan, New York and the UK. He is co-author of the book ...