https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/ocean-county-swears-in-first-orthodox-jewish-commissioner-as-shmuel-sam-ellenbogen-takes-office/
Jan 3, 2026 - Toms River, NJ – In a milestone moment for Ocean County, Shmuel "Sam" Ellenbogen was sworn in this week as the county’s first Orthodox Jewish...
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https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/police-looking-for-3-men-suspected-of-yelling-anti-semitic-slurs-beating-orthodox-jewish-man-in-brooklyn/?fbclid=IwAR0TxgLU8ZxqnouskXowZj0PCTKZz5_eLDGtQO-XeW6G7cXXYh0z9X-cBIw
Police said the victim was walking home when two unidentified men approached him, started yelling anti-Semitic slurs, pushed him to the ground and punched him...
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https://www.ou.org/holidays/category/asarah-btevet/
Asara B'Tevet is the day on Babylonians laid siege to Jerusalem marking the beginning of the events ending with the destruction of the Beit HaMikdash...
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https://www.thejc.com/tag/Orthodox%20Judaism/2
The Jewish Chronicle is the world's oldest and most influential Jewish newspaper. The JC site contains Jewish news, comment, culture, sport and more.
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https://www.jta.org/2017/06/22/israel/haredi-orthodox-mob-in-jerusalem-pelts-israeli-police-with-stones-calls-soldiers-nazis
The police had come to remove three soldiers who were being verbally attacked at evening services in the Mea Shearim neighborhood.
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https://worldisraelnews.com/orthodox-jewish-federal-judge-to-preside-over-maduros-high-stakes-us-narco-terror-trial-in-manhattan/
Jan 5, 2026 - The indictment includes firearms and explosives allegations connected to drug trafficking—charges that carry the potential for life sentences.
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https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-731620
On Friday, Feb. 10, Lily Brasch became the first model with muscular dystrophy to walk the runway unassisted at New York Fashion Week,
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https://www.jta.org/archive/orthodox-rabbi-says-gods-law-should-not-become-political-football
The president of the Rabbinical Council of America said Wednesday that the burning issues of personal status such as "Who Is A Jew," "what is a legitimate...
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https://www.thejc.com/news/israel/despite-shabbat-crisis-strictly-orthodox-stay-loyal-to-netanyahu-dlsrfi1n
A dispute over rail engineering work could have brought down Israel's government
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https://unherd.com/newsroom/orthodox-jewish-community-unshaken-by-mamdani-victory/
Nov 15, 2025 - Far Rockaway, New York City Far Rockaway, Queens could well be the “farthest” neighbourhood from the rest of New York City, both literally and...
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https://zvijacob.org/
Congregation Zvi Jacob is the Mohawk Valley's only Orthodox Jewish congregation. We hold services on Shabbat and Yom tovs and have a modern state of the art...
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https://www.thejc.com/news/uks-first-orthodox-woman-rabbi-pledges-to-be-role-model-to-women-and-girls-fi1t9reh
Rabba Dina Brawer graduates from yeshivah set up to train more Orthodox women leaders
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https://www.thejc.com/family-and-education/strictly-orthodox-leaders-distance-themselves-from-chief-rabbis-lgbt-guidance-d8wx2ur7
They say his ground-breaking guidance does not apply to their schools
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https://www.myjewishlearning.com/article/beards-sidelocks-peot-and-shaving/
All agree that there is no ban on shaving with an electric razor, but for many, beards have become a powerful symbol of Jewish manhood.
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https://www.jta.org/archive/orthodox-soldier-opposing-vietnam-war-gets-honorable-discharge
Pvt. Robert Levy, 22, a medical technician who went on a hunger strike last month to protest the war in Vietnam, has been given an honorable discharge,...
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