Modern Orthodox

Nelech: inspiring the next generation of olim to make aliyah

In January 2026, Nelech, the only Orthodox program that almost fully integrates students into Israeli schools, will launch its pilot program with a cohort of 25 students from across the US.

Rabbi Rick and his family visit the kotel.
Participants gather at the third annual Smol Emuni conference at Heichal Shlomo, in Jerusalem, on Tuesday.

A growing religious voice for peace: Smol Emuni holds third annual conference in Jerusalem

Palestinians run towards airdropped aid packages, in Deir Al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, August 19, 2025

Dozens of Modern Orthodox rabbis call for ‘moral clarity’ in the face of Gaza humanitarian crisis

 RABBI SHLOMO RISKIN dances with a new Torah in the Cave of the Patriarchs, 2018. The scroll was dedicated in memory of IDF Golani officer David Golbunacz, who had been killed in Hebron the previous year

Period between Passover, Shavuot a time of education and contemplation - opinion


Mayim Bialik embraces modest fashion line in Bet Shemesh

“I have decided that my sexual self is best reserved for private situations with those I am most intimate with,” she said in 2017. “I dress modestly."

Mayim Bialik embraces modest fashion line

Shofar to come to hundreds of parks throughout Israel

"Shofar in the Park" will bring the spirit of the festival to more than 200 parks, central squares, community centers and public spaces throughout Israel.

"Shofar in the Park," an initiave from Ohr Torah Stone "Yachad" progam, Tzohar Rabbinical Organization and the Israeli Corporation of Community Centers to take place for the third year in a row around public spaces in Israel.

Ordained Orthodox woman announces plans to open her own synagogue

Rabbanit Hadas Fruchter, 28, announced Saturday that she will open a Modern Orthodox synagogue in Philadelphia.

Female rabbi being ordained (illustration)

Leaked letter: Chief Rabbinate blacklisted dozens of U.S. Orthodox rabbis

Credentials of 124 rabbis ordained by Orthodox NY institution Yeshivat Chovevei Torah were ostensibly rejected by the Chief Rabbinate and Rabbinical Courts.

A man wears a kippa embroidered with US and Israeli flags

Hasidic volunteers kicked out of a major New York hospital

The hospital now bans all non-family-members and friends from patient floors.

Arthur Caplan, director of the Division of Medical Ethics at New York University Langone Medical Center, is pictured at his home in Ridgefield, Connecticut July 23, 2015. Picture taken July 23.

As good as Jew

"It’s extremely distressing that Israel, supposedly the de facto homeland for all Jews, is controlled exclusively by the Orthodox rabbinate, which discriminates against non-Orthodox rabbis..."

Women in Hitech as percent of the EmployeesRabbi Floriane Chinsky with tefllin and tallit

Being a Jew

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Hasdei Naomi: Medication costs weigh heavily on many families

This emerges from a survey conducted by the Hasdei Naomi organization, conducted on a representative sample of 500 respondents through the Rafi Smith Research Institute.

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Will Modern Orthodoxy remain modern?

Modern Orthodox Judaism demonstrates the triumph of the theory that one can observe Halacha, or Jewish law, and simultaneously integrate into modern societies.

A panel titled “Modern Orthodox Education in 21st Century Israel and America,” held at Heichal Shlomo