Why do Orthodox women wear wigs – especially if the wig looks even nicer than their hair? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose? In this video we explore the text-based sources for hair covering. It begins with a reference in the Torah, and then is expounded upon in the Talmud. But what about wigs? When did […]
Since 2007, Jew in the City has been reversing negative associations about religious Jews by highlighting an approach based on kindness, tolerance, sincerity, and critical thinking and making engaging and meaningful Orthodox Judaism known and accessible. At first, we thought we only needed to disseminate this information to non-Orthodox Jews. Several years ago, we sadly […]
On short winter Fridays, she sometimes cooked her Shabbos chicken soup in her lab, on a Bunsen burner.
In advance of our All Stars Announcement next week, we wanted to get the excitement going by releasing this video of the 5th Orthodox Jewish All Stars’ Kosher Chopped All Stars Competition! Tune in next week for the incoming class of Orthodox Jewish All Stars! Host – Naomi Nachman of The Aussie Gourmet Cooking Coach […]
Several months ago, we were filming a mini-documentary about Orthodox Judaism with Blue Chalk Media, but we weren’t allowed to say more than that. We’re thrilled to announce that this short film was for Pearson Education – one of the largest education publishers in the world – and this film is being shown to 1 […]
“Coming out of college, going to the NBA was my all-time goal, and Judaism brought me back on that high.” Director of Photography – Elie Gabor Executive Producer – Seth Feldman Producer – Sara Levine Special thanks to Yeshiva University
