Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men have blocked a major highway in central Israel for two hours. They’re protesting a ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Tens of thousands of ultra-Orthodox men covered the entrance to Jerusalem in a sea of black Thursday to protest plans to draft them into the military, singing, clapping and holding ...

After years of court battles, Israel will allow women to take the exams men take to become rabbis. It is a step toward expanding women's leadership roles in Orthodox Judaism.

From gender roles to religious authority, American-trained leaders transformed key debates in Israeli Judaism.

Hundreds of thousands of haredi Orthodox Jewish men joined a mass protest in Jerusalem on Thursday to rail against the Israeli government’s efforts to enlist yeshiva students into the military. The ...

The post Rabbi Avi Weiss, US liberal Orthodox leader, gets Israeli citizenship; ‘no longer sure’ what the future is for US ...