Acceptance of LGBTQ identities is growing in some parts of Orthodox Judaism, but slowly. motimeiri/iStock via Getty Images Plus Yeshiva University, the storied modern Orthodox Jewish university in New ...

Adam S. Ferziger talks to JNS about his new book, "Agents of Change."The post How American immigrants contributed to a new ...

Are Modern Orthodox communities ready for female clergy or synagogue presidents? How comfortable are they when women say Mourner's Kaddish without men? These and other issues are the subject of a JOFA ...

Some teens say their communities are increasingly inclusive — but they find Yeshiva University’s push to bar an LGBTQ student club discouraging. This article was produced as part of JTA’s Teen ...

(RNS) Women who would be Orthodox rabbis had a major setback Friday (October 30) when the highest religious body for Modern Orthodox Jews ruled against their ordination. The Rabbinical Council of ...

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means ...

Yeshiva University, the storied modern Orthodox Jewish university in New York, is in the midst of a legal battle over its refusal to recognize the YU Pride Alliance, an undergraduate club. While YU ...

The practice of gender segregation on public buses in Israel has received new and unexpected support from American Modern Orthodoxy. The Rabbinical Council of America journal Tradition recently ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. At the South Philadelphia Shtiebel, a 5-foot ...

A new Modern Orthodox day school is opening in Baltimore three months after another shut down. The Ohr Chadash Academy, which is opening Sept. 1, will be located at the Park Heights Jewish Community ...