A new documentary film, Women of Valor, showcases the struggle of Haredi women as they aim for inclusion in Israeli politics and in other prominent segments of society. It presents Esty Shushan in her work with Estee Rieder Indursky in the organization they founded, Nivcharot, as the two of them overcome personal slander, attacks and […]
This year’s draft of two young Orthodox Jewish baseball players to the MLB has fans wondering how the young men will juggle religion with pro baseball. Selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the third round of the spring draft, right-handed pitcher Jacob Steinmetz of Long Island was number 77 in the overall draft. He made […]
The winning streak of the Yeshiva University Macs just keeps getting longer, as guard Ryan Turell and his teammates are now in first place in NCAA Division III. Turell and several of his teammates are known for wearing kippahs during their games. Their 44 game streak is the longest active one in the National College […]
History-making lawyer Susan Rosenblatt, who pursued the Tobacco Industry and won a record $144.8 billion jury award, has died. Both the Miami Beach-based lawyer and her law partner husband Stanley Rosenblatt pursued the unprecedented 1994 lawsuit on behalf of Florida smokers, which led to many other similar awards subsequently. While Mr. Rosenblatt was the more […]
Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel, HBO’s flagship sports show, followed Amar’e Stoudemire’s journey from the NBA to Orthodox Judaism. The retired basketball star spent time with both the New York Knicks and Phoenix Suns before playing for Hapoel Jerusalem and Maccabi Tel Aviv in Israel while he underwent conversion. Still a part owner of the […]
Two Orthodox Jewish high school students, Zev Goldstein and Comy Kamish, from Skokie Yeshiva in Chicago were confused when they saw twenty dollar bills flying through the air last week in front of their school. At first they thought it belonged to a man who was running around scooping them up. They tried to return […]
