Unfortunately, Orthodox Jews have notoriously been portrayed as dissenters of Western medicine and modern mental health services. TV shows and the media often share a narrative that these communities are cut off from the modern world entirely, but a new study has shown that’s actually not the case. When going through low grade anxiety and […]
Deloitte is a worldwide company that specializes in professional services. The company just announced their plan to hire 300 Israelis specifically from the haredi (more Orthodox) sector for a new office in Beit Shemesh. Currently, the company employs more than 1,700 Israelis across the country with offices in Tel Aviv, Haifa, Eilat, Nazareth and Jerusalem. […]
When “My Unorthodox Life” came out on Netflix last summer, Julia Haart became the latest spokes- woman for the Orthodox world — and not in a positive way. She spoke openly about how she left an ultra-religious community plagued with fundamentalism and oppression — that she wasn’t allowed to be educated, seen, heard, or even choose […]
In a time when Jews are feeling more under attack than they have in recent times, GE is leaning into its Jewish clientele. In a recent video, CEO of GE Appliances, Kevin Nolan, sent a positive message to the Orthodox community. GE wants to best serve their customers, so they created an initiative, Zero Distance […]
The Orthodox college basketball superstar, Ryan Turell, is the top scorer in the country and makes a Kiddush Hashem every time he steps onto the court. Yeshiva University’s basketball team, the Maccabees, is ranked sixth in the country due to Ryan Turell’s superb skills. In a recent interview with The New York Times he explained […]
The Broadway musical, Come From Away, features a Chabad Rabbi who was a spiritual guide to passengers in a plane that was diverted on 9/11. More than four years after the show debuted, the actor who plays the rabbi met his muse! Come From Away tells the true story of 7,000 passengers who unexpectedly landed in Gander, […]
