Dr. Rivka Neriya-Ben Shahar, a HBI Research Associate, is in the final stages of her completing her book, From Jerusalem to Lancaster County: Amish and Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women in the Modern World.

BEST OF 2019: Photographer Federica Valabrega takes us inside the secretive lives of Orthodox Jewish women from around the globe, from New York to Jerusalem. Video by Sebastián Díaz Aguirre ...

While some Hasidic sects observe this tradition, others do not, and many Jewish women, even those who are Orthodox, may choose to cover their hair without shaving it. This diversity reflects the ...

But others said they saw in the events a dangerous tendency in Orthodox communities to set rules far beyond what is required by Jewish law. On their way out of the rallies, women were handed cards ...

But when Scheininger looks at an American map, she sees 16 states where Orthodox Jewish women would not be able to have an abortion otherwise sanctioned by Jewish law. Bleich sees a different ...

Step one: Open up a yeshiva, Yeshivat Maharat, to ordain Orthodox women. Step two: Give them rigorous training to be impactful leaders for the Jewish community. Step three: Ordain them and place ...

The process was long and, although it wasn't contentious, it nonetheless colored her perception of how Orthodox Jewish women are treated ... her civil divorce from fashion executive Silvio Scaglio ...