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'Chastity or Passion?': Orthodox Priests Bring ‘Chastity Lessons’ to Russian Schools
At a rural school in Russia’s Tver region this March, a class of ninth-grade students examined models of fetuses during a lesson.…
Staffer told not to take notes during ‘unorthodox’ meeting about toxic soil
The first week of a defamation trial more than seven years in the making that has embroiled politicians, journalists and a Perth property developer has concluded.…
Religion in the Military
On the impossibility of neutral classifications…
Riots at Sohlberg’s home not surprising, nor isolated - editorial
The moment every sector claims the right to determine which laws are binding and which are optional, citizenship becomes tribal membership, and the state becomes a collection of co…
Ultra-Orthodox Riot Shocks Israelis In Latest Protest At Military Draft
Israel’s Haredim have escalated their protests against military service in recent weeks, underscoring growing divisions ahead of national elections.…
Netanyahu slams violent ultra-Orthodox riot at Supreme Court Justice Sohlberg’s home
Rioters reportedly caused significant property damage and attempted to break into Supreme Court Justice Noam Sohlberg's home.…
Ultra-Orthodox protesters block roads and trains across Israel over military draft
Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox demonstrated across Israel on Monday, blocking roads and trains and setting cars on fire to protest mandatory enlistment in Israel's military.…
SXSW London Presents New Music in Unorthodox Settings at a Time “Algorithms Are Flattening the Way We Experience Culture”
"You can get away from those screens and experience real music cultures, distinct diasporic cultures alongside each other" and hear "what's next," says head of music Adem Holness a…
Orthodox Jewish women in Israel may now take a rabbinic exam, like men
Until now, only Orthodox Jewish men in Israel have been allowed to take exams to become rabbis. After a long campaign, women can now also take the test - but still can't become rab…
Knesset advances ultra-Orthodox daycare subsidy bill after haredi threat to back Oct. 7 probe
The legislation was sponsored by MK Moshe Gafni (United Torah Judaism) and a group of additional haredi lawmakers.…
Czech police release Russian bishop after ‘white powder’ found in his car
Russia says arrest of Bishop Hilarion, who heads Orthodox congregation in Karlovy Vary, was politically motivated ‘setup’…
Czech police free Russian Orthodox cleric detained over white substance in car
May 26 - A Russian Orthodox cleric has been released without charge by authorities in the Czech Republic after being detained when police found small containers of white powder in …
Russian Orthodox cleric denies link to white substance found in car by Czech police
LONDON, May 25 - A former senior cleric in the Russian Orthodox Church said on Monday that Czech police had found small containers of a white substance in his car during a search a…
Haredi MKs instructed to end cooperation with coalition over contentious ultra-Orthodox draft bill
Progress on the contentious haredi draft legislation has become intertwined with the push for the haredi parties - Shas and United Torah Judaism - to dissolve the Knesset and move …
Anti-draft ultra-Orthodox protesters vandalize police cars in Jerusalem after draft dodger arrested
Officers from the station, as well as members of the police's Special Patrol Unit and Border Police, prevented the protesters from entering and dispersed them "through the usage of…
'Blood on their hands': Top Modern Orthodox rabbi says haredim must serve in IDF
Twenty-six students gone. 39 relatives gone. Rabbi Kenneth Brander on what Israel's religious Zionist community owes its soldiers, and what it owes everyone else.…
The orthodox Jews tripping on toad toxins
Orthodox rabbi at Washington faith rally says antisemitism is ‘utterly un-American’
“And it is a reminder, as hatred of Jews makes itself manifest again, that antisemitism is utterly un-American.” said Rabbi Meir Soloveichik.…
Pope Leo calls for renewed ‘dialogue’ with Coptic Orthodox after rift over same-sex ‘blessings’
In talks with Patriarch Tawadros II, Pope Leo reportedly sought renewed Catholic-Coptic relations in the hope of overcoming ‘any obstacles to dialogue based on faith and charity.’…
Chandy Oommen’s omission from cabinet draws reaction from Orthodox church
The Malankara Orthodox Syrian Church on Monday expressed reservations over the omission of Chandy Oommen, legislator from Puthuppally, from the newly constituted State Cabinet by t…
IDF faces looming manpower gap as ultra-Orthodox draft fight stalls service extension
The haredi draft issue is growing in urgency as the bill returned to the Knesset agenda amid a coalition crisis that may dissolve the Knesset.…
Haredi conscription debate threatens long-standing Israeli coalitions - opinion
Ultra-Orthodox parties face mounting political backlash as Israel’s war strains the reserve system and coalition stability.…
Haredi draft bill back on agenda ahead of Knesset dissolution vote
United Torah Judaism spiritual leader Rabbi Dov Lando, who is in favor of dissolving the Knesset, said the party "won’t be drawn into political games."…
Kristoffer Reitan opts for unorthodox putter strategy at PGA Championship — and it led to instant results
Norway’s Kristoffer Reitan, the winner of last week’s Truist Championship, changed putters mid-tournament at the PGA Championship.…
Ultra-Orthodox conscription dispute pushes Israeli government to brink
Israeli government faces collapse as coalition parties clash over military draft exemptions for Haredi constituents.…