Jessica Roda, Assistant Professor Jewish Civilization (Anthropologist/Ethnomusicologist), Georgetown University and Alexandra Stankovich, Ph.D. candidate and graduate ...

The reality series “My Unorthodox Life” is the talk of the Jewish world since its airing on Netflix on July 14. The show’s star Julia Haart, who left her Ultra-Orthodox community in 2013 at age 42, ...

In January the New York state legislature passed its most permissive abortion law yet. The bill expands access to late term abortions and allows medical staff other than doctors to perform abortions.

When a parent of young children dies in ultra-Orthodox Brooklyn, local activists take up a collection. They post fliers on the street, featuring heartrending images of the orphans; host events in ...

Jacob Oslick thinks portrayals of Orthodox Jews in popular culture are too often stereotypical. (Courtesy of Jacob Oslick) The Netflix reality series “My Unorthodox Life” has an entire section on its ...

Reality shows feed the assumptions that viewers are meant to hold about Orthodoxy, even when no Orthodox Jew appears on screen. (JTA) — Ex-Orthodox Jews seem to be everywhere these days. Many ...

“My Unorthodox Life” promotes harmful stereotypes of those who leave their religious families. (JTA) — Numerous reviews of the Netflix reality series “My Unorthodox Life” have been written by Orthodox ...

Senior Orthodox representatives have insisted decisions by the Holy and Great Council, currently meeting in Crete, will be "representative and binding" for all churches, as two more declarations were ...

On a hill above a lush, flowering field, the smokestacks of Auschwitz pump human ashes into the atmosphere. It's not irony that artist Ita Mond is striving for in this watercolor she calls "Spring ...

Apr. 24—JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — The Holy Resurrection was celebrated Sunday by Christians of the Eastern Orthodox rite who adhere to the Julian calendar. The Very Rev. Protopresbyter Robert Buczak, dean of ...

(The Conversation) — The #MyOrthodoxLife movement challenges both mainstream and ultra-Orthodox media to tell more nuanced and complex stories about Jewish women. Our research shows that by ...

Over the past four years, Netflix has released several shows related to people leaving the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community. These shows include "One of Us," "Unorthodox" and most recently the reality ...