Frieda Vizel's path diverged from her ultra-Orthodox Jewish upbringing in New York, but instead of severing ties, she has forged a unique role as an online personality and guide, offering outsiders a ...

PICKING ‘ZOHRAN’S JEWISH GUY’: Mayor Zohran Mamdani is considering hiring Elad Nehorai, a vocal critic of the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, to lead the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism, ...

Bucking the political norms of Orthodox Judaism, Rabbi Max Davis signed a letter condemning ICE for "wreaking havoc across ...

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...

Menachem Daum (1946-2024) was not your typical Orthodox Jewish filmmaker. In his work, the late director often strove to find ...

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 ...

Ziva Mann remembers how joyful and smiley her daughter was as a child — the family even gave her the nickname “Giggles.” “She was just sunshine,” Mann said. That changed around second grade, when her ...

Tour participants walk past an ultra-Orthodox Jewish man during a tour by Frieda Vizel of the Hasidic section of Williamsburg in the Brooklyn borough of New York on Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP ...

When people picture a rabbi, they may imagine a man standing in front of a congregation in a synagogue. But “rabbi” means much more than that. For example, a rabbi could be a teacher, a nonprofit ...

NEW YORK — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the tight-knit ...