Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the tight-knit world she ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Over the years, many of the young Orthodox women studying at the Midreshet Lindenbaum seminary yearned to join a combat unit in the Israeli army but knew that staying religiously ...

Since then, haredi men have staged frequent street protests in Israel, including outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, and the ...

Frieda Vizel's path diverged from her ultra-Orthodox Jewish upbringing in New York, but instead of severing ties, she has forged a unique role as an online personality and guide, offering outsiders a ...