A new coding program geared towards Orthodox Jewish women in the New York area is already attracting the community to jobs in software development and technology. A partnership with Code Kevudah and Met Council teaches skills to become tech experts and help to support their families. The technology training is given over in a culturally-sensitive […]

“Upper West Side Story” would be the perfect name for a show about a modern Orthodox girl with a passion for theater, and the star of the show would be Amy Guterson. This off-broadway actress who studied theater with some of the greats, like Uta Hagen, went on to found a Chasidic seminary for the […]

Lilac amethyst stones are beautiful and rare, but the one recently found on an archeological excavation in Jerusalem has the distinction of being over 2,000 years old, and the oldest such sample to contain balsam, a plant that is mentioned in the Torah multiple times. The stone itself, which is just a third of an […]

After reaching the number four spot on the UK music charts ten years ago, Alex Clare had to make an important decision. He was offered a spot touring with new superstar Adele, but since some of the tour dates were on Shabbos, he passed on touring with her. His record label was tolerant for a […]

In the latest in a string of antisemitic attacks in Brooklyn, a pair of drunk men kicked and punched an Orthodox Jewish man who was walking by. The intoxicated men were seen being unsteady on their feet before yelling “f**k Jews” and “Jews shouldn’t exist” to the man before they physically attacked him. They punched […]