Modern Orthodox

2 Hasidic men suspected of vandalizing Crown Heights eruv

Modern Orthodox Jews new to the Brooklyn neighborhood and Lubavitchers there have been feuding over the ritual boundary since it was built.

Brooklyn eruv vandalism being investigated as hate crime

The eruv erected in mid-June by a modern Orthodox congregation and opposed by leaders of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic movement was vandalized in multiple locations on two days in July.

Modern Orthodox dating series releases second episode, finally

"Soon By You" is back with a bigger cast and an anticipated follow up to its premiere, which has garnered over 60,000 views on YouTube.

United States

Lubavitch rabbis issue edict against modern Orthodox eruv in Crown Heights

United States

Mikvah-peeping rabbi Barry Freundel’s attorney appeals prison sentence

Israel

Orthodox rabbinical group in Israel calls for welcoming ‘people with homosexual orientations’

Politics

In open letter, Orthodox rabbis call on Trump to repudiate racism in AIPAC speech

Israel

Rabbi David Stav named co-chancellor of Riskin’s Ohr Torah Stone network

Culture

Naughty Modern Orthodox 12-year-old wows ‘America’s Got Talent’

United States

Partnership minyans grow among the Orthodox grassroots, despite leaders’ condemnations

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