Tag: Orthodox Judaism
Meet Mia Raskin: A Shomer Shabbat college basketball player at Binghamton
For Mia Raskin, basketball and Judaism are essential parts of life. Her deep and simultaneous commitment to her favorite sport and religion never came into conflict; at least, until Raskin began considering her college...
Jewish teens sue two airlines for discrimination after being banned from flights
A group of Orthodox Jewish girls from New York has filed a complaint against Delta Air Lines and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for the discrimination they say they faced on flights last summer, reported Insider.
The...
Surfside, Fla., elects its first Orthodox Jewish mayor
Shlomo Danziger was elected on Tuesday to be the first Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside, Fla.
Danziger, 42, beat two incumbents—Mayor Charles Burkett by 33 votes and Vice Mayor Tina Paul by 23 votes—and garnered...
‘The New Black’ does with comedy what ‘Shtisel’ and ‘Srugim’ did with drama
If there was an award for a most surprising opening scene, the Israeli hit comedy “The New Black”—in Hebrew, “Shababnikim”—would win it by a mile. The series, which finished its second season in Israel...
New York City mayor hires Chassidic senior adviser in first such appointment
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has appointed Chassidic political activist Joel Eisdorfer to be his senior adviser.
Eisdorfer is the first Chassidic Jew to ever be appointed adviser to the mayor. The Borough Park...
ADL offers $7,500 for arrest in connection to two assaults in Brooklyn on Shabbat
The Anti-Defamation League New York/New Jersey is offering a reward of up to $7,500 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for two assaults in the heavily Chassidic section of...
Inside Kingsborough College’s systematic failure to protect pro-Israel Orthodox faculty, students
Professor Jeff Lax says that in his 17 years working at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, N.Y, one of his worst days was one he never expected.
He said he was blocked from leaving a...
Orthodox group joins lawmakers to form caucus promoting Torah values, battling anti-Semitism
Members of both parties in Congress inaugurated a new Congressional Caucus on Monday to focus on Jewish issues such as the rise of anti-Semitism and unfair treatment in Jewish communities.
According to a news release...
Florida hires its first Orthodox Jewish police officer
Florida’s first Orthodox Jewish police officer was sworn in last week and will serve as part of the North Miami Beach Police Department.
Yehuda Topper, who served in the New York City Police Department for...
Encouraging inclusion: Creating a photo bank of Orthodox Jewish women
The Jewish Life Photo Bank is releasing what they call the first-of-its-kind photo bank representing Orthodox Jewish life, including positive images of Jewish women and families. Chochmat Nashim, an organization that challenges trends in Jewish...