modern orthodoxy Archives – Jewish Journal

Charity reaches out to families grieving stillborn or neonatal death

Louis Keene July 26, 2017

Let’s pretend to change political and spiritual realities

Shmuel Rosner February 6, 2017

Orthodox rabbi addresses transgender issues

Jewish Journal February 17, 2016

The transgender rights movement has become a hot-button topic in popular culture and among liberal religious institutions, so much so that the Union for Reform Judaism last fall passed a monumental transgender rights policy that called for spreading “awareness and increase knowledge of issues related to gender identity,” including the use of preferred pronouns and, when needed, gender-neutral language in religious and social settings.

New Pew report highlights Modern Orthodox Jewry straddling two worlds

Jared Sichel August 26, 2015

Just as Charedi Jews in the United States are likely to enroll their kids in a yeshiva, attend synagogue every week and vote Republican, so too are Modern Orthodox Jews.

Up Front

Michael Aushenker June 11, 1998

If anyone was preordained to be a rabbi, it was Jackie Mason. Born in Sheboygan, Wis., in 1937, the Yiddish-accented comedian comes from four generations of rabbis. All three of his brothers are rabbis. And, once upon a time, Mason himself was a rabbi, teaching Talmud in far-out places like Lathrop, Pa., and Walden, N.C.