Father Damick explains why this was not an Orthodox wedding, and why claiming or thinking that it was reveals how disordered modern thinking about tradition is. Excerpt: I’ve read many accounts ...

The movie carries a feeling of authenticity because it was written by Mindi Ehrlich, a woman from a haredi family who left ...

Because Orthodox women aren’t supposed to be in sexual situations until marriage, they often aren’t taught about sex, consent or healthy relationships in school and are told to hold their ...

At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, ...

have made Orthodox preferences the law of the land, including in these areas: The majority of Israelis want all these things to change — supporting civil marriage, transit on Shabbat ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in America have high fertility but very low rates of teen fertility and marriage, and fairly egalitarian marriage ages. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish fertility is high but not necessarily ...

TASS/. Russian Orthodox Church supports the proposal to cement the concept of marriage as a union between a man and a woman in the Russian Constitution, says Church spokesman Vladimir Legoida.