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Growing up in an Orthodox Jewish household has had a positive impact on my life as a chronically ill person
Growing up in a religious household has helped the author listen to her body, while she waits for a…
Samarah Cohen
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She was trapped in a marriage for 10 years. Now she helps other 'chained' Orthodox Jewish women.
Orthodox Jewish women like Rifka Meyer, who was refused a gett for a decade, can't date or remarry …
Joshua Zitser
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More than 100 Orthodox Jews who were praying before a flight were barred from boarding by German airline Lufthansa in mask dispute, report says
Orthodox Jews accuse Germany's Lufthansa airline of 'antisemitic discrimination' after mass banning…
Joshua Zitser
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Rep. Lauren Boebert reportedly asked an Orthodox Jewish group if they were doing 'reconnaissance' at the Capitol
"I'm too short to see anyone's yarmulkes," said Boebert. Her office said that she was actually tryi…
Bryan Metzger
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Donald Trump failed to mention dinner he had with 'racist antisemites' but still got standing ovations from conference of Orthodox Jews: report
He didn't mention a controversial dinner with "racist antisemites," but Donald Trump still got stan…
Joshua Zitser
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18 US Orthodox Jewish girls kicked off a Delta-KLM flight following a COVID-19 protocols dispute, reports say
Dutch police were called to escort the teenagers off their flight to New York at Amsterdam after th…
Joshua Zitser
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene toured Orthodox Jewish neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Long Island
Greene spread anti-Semitic conspiracies on social media, and claimed that laser beams linked to Rot…
Grace Panetta
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Frontier Airlines accused of anti-Semitism after kicking Jewish passengers off a flight for allegedly refusing to wear masks
Some passengers claimed the flight's crew high-fived when the Orthodox passengers were forcibly rem…
Julie Gerstein
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I've kept my infertility struggles and IUI pregnancy secret as an Orthodox Jewish woman. Here's why.
An IUI procedure helped a woman have twins after infertility. But she and her husband chose to keep…
Kelly Burch
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A Hasidic Jewish wedding in New York that expected 10,000 guests is stopped by New York officials over coronavirus infection fears
The wedding, for the grandson of a revered Hasidic rabbi, was scheduled to happen in Williamsburg, …
Sophia Ankel
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Jewish reporter says he was beaten up and called a Nazi by Orthodox Jews in New York City amid tensions over new coronavirus lockdowns
The incident occurred at a protest following a decision by New York's governor to enforce local loc…
Julian Kossoff
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30 years after the Crown Heights riots, Brooklyn's Hasidic community held a Black Lives Matter march to bridge the divide
One organizer said she hoped the Crown Heights march would "normalize being a social-justice activi…
Eli Reiter
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Kanye West's hateful comments about Jews may have inspired dozens of antisemitic incidents, report finds
The Anti-Defamation League counted no fewer than 59 antisemitic incidents in which the perpetrators…
Charles R. Davis,Azmi Haroun
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Orthodox and Haredi Hasidic Jews in a New York suburb say they're scapegoats in the coronavirus crisis. The 'othering' goes back decades.
More than 90,000 Jews, many of them Orthodox or Haredi Hassidic, call Rockland County home. During …
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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Thousands of Hasidic Jews defy travel warnings by making New Year pilgrimage to war-torn Ukraine
The Hasidic pilgrims from Israel, the US, and worldwide head to Uman — a Ukrainian city home to the…
Joshua Zitser
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Doug Mastriano touts endorsement from ultra-orthodox rabbi who expresses sympathy for Capitol rioters and believes Hitler was part lizard
The Republican gubernatorial candidate shared a story from a far-right publication with his support…
Isabella Zavarise
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Here's why Coca-Cola bottles have yellow caps right now
The yellow caps indicate that the soda is kosher, or fit, to drink on the Jewish holiday of Passove…
Talia Lakritz
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German airline Lufthansa apologizes after Orthodox Jewish passengers say they were victims of racial profiling when they were banned from a flight
A Lufthansa worker was filmed saying it was Jewish people "who made the problems" after dozens were…
Joshua Zitser
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I'm a kosher-eating, Shabbat-observing, drug-fearing orthodox Jew who attended Burning Man - here's how it helped me overcome my introversion
On my third night there, it was cold and after midnight and I was in deep playa, the back-back coun…
Eli Reiter
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New York hitman disguised as a Hasidic Jew shoots 'reformed gangster' in the head, chilling surveillance video shows
Jermain Dixon, A former member of Brooklyn's "Patio Crew" drug gang, was shot in the head by the ki…