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, […]
Hasidic Jews are often seen as fodder for controversial television shows like Unorthodox or in everyday life as a community that’s completely foreign to the onlooker. Justin Bettman, an LA-based commercial, editorial, and fine art photographer, whose clients include Nike, Google, Spotify, Atlantic Records, New York Times and more set out to change that. He […]
Dear Jew in the City- Should I throw out Chain Walder’s books? Thanks, Sara Dear Sara, For those who have been living in a cave for the past few months, Chaim Walder was a rabbi and therapist who wrote a number of acclaimed books that help kids address a variety of personal and emotional issues, including abuse. […]
