Religion

Transgender woman who lost yeshiva job is excluded from YU-affiliated Orthodox synagogue

“I’m so sorry how things are ending up,” the president of the Shenk Shul told Talia Avrahami.

Embracing their place on ‘the fringes,’ queer artists reimagine Jewish ritual garments for all bodies

While some have been making DIY fringes at home for years, queer artists in California have launched a new shop with tzitzit for all bodies and all genders.

A Queens synagogue is moving, and the fate of its storied ark is in limbo

Arthur Szyk’s soaring design at the Forest Hills Jewish Center may be too big for a museum, and out of fashion with current design trends.

Sharon Kleinbaum, rabbi of influential LGBTQ+ synagogue Beit Simchat Torah, is stepping down

8 snapshots of Hanukkah celebrations from around the world

Reconstructionist Judaism moves to back reparations for African Americans

No longer a ‘Real Housewife,’ Orthodox influencer Lizzy Savetsky turns to fighting antisemitism

‘Mercenaries for Jesus’: Christmas is a busy time for Jews who sing in churches

Jewish immigrants and their children are divided by a common religion

How Jewish studies scholars navigated Jewish law and fire-code rules to save Hanukkah at their conference

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