A controversial ruling in Argentina reaffirms a 100-year-old conversion ban, fueling tensions between Orthodox and non-Orthodox movements.

JERUSALEM — Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau said he recognizes conversions performed by the prominent American Orthodox Rabbi Haskel Lookstein. A rabbinical court in the central Israel city of ...

One of Israel’s two chief rabbis said he would not recognize conversions performed by municipal rabbis despite a government directive validating them. A recording of Yitzhak Yosef vowing to block the ...

The saga of my Jewish conversion began twenty-five years ago, when I got engaged to my first husband. He’d grown up in an Orthodox family, and his parents, my future in-laws, were devastated that he ...

Jared Kushner unveils $25 billion plan to transform Gaza ...

Q: When I am traveling with tefillin in a bag, may I enter the restroom with the bag?

(RNS) — Just in time for the Jewish new year, which began last week, Israel elected a new Sephardic chief rabbi, but voting for the Ashkenazi one remains mired in controversy. The appointment comes ...