Part 1 of 2. Welcome to the experiences of a rav of 43 years who has served in “kiruv”/outreach settings as well as in major ...

The new documentary 'Torah Tropical' shows the struggle of Latin American converts to be accepted by the broader Jewish ...

In the most significant response in decades to the estimated 400,000 Israelis who are not considered Jewish by the Chief Rabbinate, the Cabinet expanded authority for conversion beyond a small group ...

came about a week after the court decision reignited a battle over Jewish conversion between liberal Israelis and Netanyahu’s haredi, or ultra-Orthodox, allies. Those allies do not want non ...

When Rabbi Buchdahl travels, even Orthodox Jews stop her to share ... Plus, in her experience—contra fears about conversion “diluting” Judaism—those who join the faith often “make ...

Services, liturgy and Shabbat spoke to Hannah Abitbul, now an observant Jew living with her husband and young son.

Israel has turned to enlisting ultra-Orthodox (or Haredi) Jews of draft age after more than a year of war – against Hamas, Hezbollah and other Iran-backed groups in the Middle East – has ...

An Orthodox Jewish Assembly candidate in New Jersey has countered attacks about her support of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism, and charges that ...

As both a Catholic convert and ethnic Jew, Art Blumberg reflects on complicated spiritual realities on pilgrimage to the Western Wall.