“Driver With Cancer Patient Wrongly Accused of ‘Illegal Cab’” Although TLC wrongly accused this Hasidic man, it was a nice opportunity for an otherwise hidden kindness to be publicized. “How a Nice Jewish Exterminator Rids a City of Pests.” – An Orthdox Jewish exterminator kills bugs the Kosher way. “Orthodox Jews, Afro-Caribbeans Compete in Annual Soccer […]
Mikvah (the Jewish ritual bath – learn more about it from our fun video) has gotten a lot of bad coverage over the years. That’s not to say that people don’t have a right to tell their stories. Everyone does. But the stories that often make the news and talk shows are given over by those who […]
A couple weeks ago we started an initiative to address an issue we were hearing more and more about: ex-Haredi Jews who want to remain observant but who don’t feel welcome or know how to fit into the non-Haredi Orthodox Jewish world. One of our advisors – a person who is a lot more rational […]
Welcome to “JITC’s Weekly Round-Up:” a new weekly post we’ll be putting out every Friday which collects all of the positive news stories about Orthodox Jews we found from that week. KJ Resident Turns Yeshiva’s Refusal Into Positive Experience, Graduates From YU After being rejected from a yeshivah in his own community, Elimelech Wagschal successfully graduated […]
Some children dream of being teachers; some, of lawyers. But Eli Beer, an Orthodox Jew who is the founder and president of Hatzolah United, has known since he was a young boy that his mission in life was to save lives. Beer recently gave a TED Talk that gathered praise from around the world. I […]
There is a story told about the late rabbi and physicist Aryeh Kaplan: As a teenager he began to explore Orthodox Judaism and spent a short time in yeshiva. After his brief stint, he wasn’t so convinced that observant life was for him, so he decided to leave. But he was a bit nervous as […]
