This is a fascinating journey into the world of women in the ultra-Orthodox Jewish community of Jerusalem toward the end of Ottoman rule in the Holy Land. Until now, the story of life in the Land of ...

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In the days and weeks that followed the unprecedented Hamas attacks against Israel on October 7, 2023, a wind of change ...

Women in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community near New York are taking an unusual approach to getting their voices heard: they’re going on a sex strike. More than 800 Hasidic women have refused to ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

Akiva gains the attention of a gallery owner who gives him a show and plans to feature a portrait of an ultra-Orthodox woman with a baby in her arms. The painting is as much universal as Haredi ...

The school, which by today’s standards would be considered ultra-Orthodox ... door to a new way of thinking about the role of Orthodox women. Many of the logical conclusions followed.

But for women who do choose to roll back their internet usage, groups such as TAG stand ready to install “kosher” filters on their phones and computers. “The ultra-Orthodox mostly think that ...

Israel's Supreme Court has ruled that ultra-Orthodox Jews can be conscripted ... They have a "distinctive" dress with long "modest garments" for women and head coverings for men, and maintain ...