There’s a widespread notion that people who leave Orthodox communities are shunned, completely cut off by family. It’s not true — but what really happens may not be less painful.

Lehrhaus, a Jewish tavern meets beit midrash in Boston, is reimagining what Jewish learning could be.

Is Israel the state of the Jewish people or is it the state of Judaism? Is Jewishness an ethnicity, a set of religious observances -- or both?

Jewish nonprofit says Ethan Linden serving as educational operations director months after he left Ramah Berkshires where lawsuit claimed he 'acted with deliberate indifference'

Why do people who have no connection to Orthodox Judaism find 'exit stories' so interesting, and why does telling the story feel false even when it’s completely true?

The Jewish media landscape has evolved significantly over the last few years, and has in many ways becomes more fragmented.

How do Jews who oppose the values of the coming governing Israeli coalition make themselves heard right now? Can Israel learn from Americans' experience under Trump?

Proposal by Netanyahu's religious allies to limit immigration to those with a Jewish parent and converts unlikely to go ahead, though struggle over who is a Jew just heating up

Yehuda Kurtzer and Donniel Hartman discuss the crucial importance of Jewish and liberal democratic ideals in both the US and Israel

Anticipated coalition still likely to have major impact on religion-and-state issues, with reforms on kashrut certification, conversion and LGBT rights expected to be rolled back