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News Articles: Orthodox Jews

Shalom Auslander says non-kosher gum helped with his personal evolution.

When he was 7, a tiny gesture from his grandmother changed his relationship to God

Shalom Auslander grew up in a strict Orthodox Jewish home. When he was 7, his grandmother offered him something small that made him rethink his entire relationship to religion.

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  • Laura Kwerel
Jewish pilgrims gather at a lake to perform Tashlikh, an atonement ritual that involves symbolically casting one's sins into a body of water, during the Rosh Hashanah pilgrimage to Rabbi Nachman's tomb in Uman, Ukraine on Monday. Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, a reported 23,000 adherents made the trip, which was complicated by the grounding of civilian aviation throughout Ukraine.

War didn't stop Hasidic pilgrims from gathering in Ukraine for the Jewish new year

Orthodox Jews gathered in Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, at the tomb of a rabbi who preached his vision of a joy-filled life in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

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  • Pete Kiehart and
  • Julian Hayda
Palestinian workers clean dirt off sweet potatoes to prepare them for export to the West Bank.

A biblical rest from farming in Israel could help Gaza's growers. They are waiting

For Orthodox Jews during a yearlong agricultural sabbath, Israel pledged to lift some restrictions on produce from the Gaza Strip. Palestinian farmers in Gaza are wondering what's taking so long.

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  • Daniel Estrin
Palestinian workers clean dirt off sweet potatoes to prepare them for export to the West Bank.

A biblical rest from farming in Israel could help Gaza's growers. They are waiting

For Orthodox Jews during a yearlong agricultural sabbath, Israel pledged to lift some restrictions on produce from the Gaza Strip. Palestinian farmers in Gaza are wondering what's taking so long.

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  • Daniel Estrin
Members of the Orthodox Jewish community gather around a journalist as he conducts an interview on a street corner, last Wednesday, in the Borough Park neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough of New York. Gov. Andrew Cuomo moved to reinstate restrictions on businesses, houses of worship and schools in and near areas where coronavirus cases are spiking.

Police Arrest Anti-Lockdown Protest Leader In New York's Orthodox Jewish Community

Harold "Heshy" Tischler, a talk show host and candidate for City Council, is charged with inciting a riot and unlawful imprisonment after he allegedly egged on violence against a journalist.

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By:
  • Scott Neuman