Ultra-Orthodox
Why do Israel’s ultra-Orthodox Jews so adamantly decline to serve in the military—and could that change? A communal leader walks us through the deliberations taking place.
The coronavirus has dramatized the tensions in Israeli society. This week, a ḥaredi communal leader joins us to chart a path forward.
Only by giving up some individual freedom and banding together can parents gain the power to reject the harmful influence of Silicon Valley on young minds.
Recovering a sense of civic virtue from within the Jewish tradition.
A debate.
The yeshivas vs. New York State.
The case for embracing conservative ideas.
When the established rabbis go silent, others, including civic-minded philanthropists and charismatic outsiders with inflammatory social-media presences, fill the void.
“You are no longer oppressed. And that is a good thing.”
Governor Cuomo should explain the criteria the state is using.
The specter of a secularist campaign to sexualize children isn’t an excuse for failure.
Troubled and frustrated by their own communities’ behavior.
After a summer of chaos, wealthy and secular New Yorkers are fleeing in droves. Brooklyn’s Jews aren’t thrilled, but for them leaving isn’t so easy, or so desirable.
Unorthodox and The Awakening of Motti Wolkenbruch tell the same simplistic tale.
