The initiative aims to increase women’s participation in synagogues in a way the group feels is consonant with Orthodox tradition. NEW YORK (JTA) — The Orthodox Union is founding its own ...

Coming a decade after a landmark rally aimed at warning Orthodox men about the dangers of the internet, the rallies were meant to inspire women to spend more time away from their cell phones ...

Women in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community near New York are taking an unusual approach to getting their voices heard: they’re going on a sex strike. More than 800 Hasidic women have refused to ...

“Having more deaconesses in the Orthodox Church will allow it to better live out its mission of service and love in the world by giving certain women the vetting, training, authority ...

But for Orthodox women everywhere, this installation is extraordinary. In 2009, the trajectory for Orthodox women to become senior rabbinic leaders in synagogues seemed straightforward and inevitable.

sporting the turban worn by religious Zionist women. Religious Zionist Jews are allied with the ultra-Orthodox factions in Netanyahu's coalition, and their political leaders have been willing to ...