Rabbi

The founder of Torah Animal World in Borough Park, Brooklyn, says the museum gets 3,000 visitors a week.

This museum is devoted only to animals mentioned in the Bible

Belief

Torah Animal World is dedicated to bringing the Bible to life — sort of. It’s populated with hundreds of taxidermied creatures.

Jerusalem shopping mall at center of culture war in Israel

Lifestyle & Belief

New book seeks to guide Orthodox Jewish newlyweds in sexual intimacy

Lifestyle & Belief

American rabbi elected to Israeli Knesset with hopes of bridging sectarian divide

Lifestyle & Belief

Israel struggles as Orthodox, secular communities confront conflicts

Lifestyle & Belief

Israel’s secular and moderate majority struggling with ultra-Orthodox minority

Lifestyle & Belief

There’s growing tension in Israel between the most ardent, ultra-Orthodox Jews and the country’s more mainstream secular and moderate communities. Some of the Haredim want to impose greater restrictions on the public space in the Jewish state.

Shopping Mall at Center of Culture War in Israel

Lifestyle & Belief

One of the biggest conflicts in Israel doesn’t involve the Palestinians. It’s over a shopping mall in a Jerusalem suburb that’s at the center of a culture war. Reporter Daniel Estrin explains.

A New Sex Manual Gives Ultra-Orthodox Jews the Facts of Life

Arts, Culture & Media

An American-born Orthodox Jewish sex therapist in Jerusalem has written what he says is the first sexually explicit sex manual for ultra-Orthodox and Orthodox Jews.

American Rabbi Elected to Israel’s Parliament

Global Politics

In Israel, most Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men are exempt from military service for religious reasons. But Israeli voters want that to change.

Israel to Put More Liberal Rabbis on State Payroll

Conflict & Justice

Israel says it will put non-Orthodox rabbis on the state payroll.