Father Damick explains why this was not an Orthodox wedding, and why claiming or thinking that it was reveals how disordered modern thinking about tradition is. Excerpt: I’ve read many accounts ...

Because Orthodox women aren’t supposed to be in sexual situations until marriage, they often aren’t taught about sex, consent or healthy relationships in school and are told to hold their ...

At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, ...

In 1983, the rabbi saw opportunity to leverage the Orthodox community’s marriage norms to limit, even perhaps eradicate, Tay-Sachs in that relatively insular world. The gene for Tay-Sachs ...

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Palermo was raised Catholic but is no longer practicing; Hayempour is a practicing Orthodox Jew. Speaking to TODAY.com, Palermo explains she heard about the show from her sister, who sent her the ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jews in America have high fertility but very low rates of teen fertility and marriage, and fairly egalitarian marriage ages. Ultra-Orthodox Jewish fertility is high but not necessarily ...

TASS/. Russian Orthodox Church supports the proposal to cement the concept of marriage as a union between a man and a woman in the Russian Constitution, says Church spokesman Vladimir Legoida.

have made Orthodox preferences the law of the land, including in these areas: The majority of Israelis want all these things to change — supporting civil marriage, transit on Shabbat ...