Modern Orthodox
New York’s New Firebrand Rabbi
For Sharon Kleinbaum—friend of Christine Quinn, partner to Randi Weingarten—the personal is political
The New ‘Morethodox’ Rabbi
Asher Lopatin succeeds Avi Weiss at an influential seminary, offering a pluralistic version of Orthodoxy
Herman Wouk’s Last Shot
With The Lawgiver, the best-selling novelist takes another stab at the kind of Hollywood fame he’s always coveted
Don’t Know Much ’bout Orthodoxy
Reports about a religious woman running for office reveal a media blind spot: Orthodox women
Second Time Around
Widowed and divorced Orthodox singles who want to give marriage another spin find specially tailored events to help them make a new match
Two Step
After attending one cookie-cutter Orthodox wedding after another, a question arises: Are these rituals being performed in meaningful ways?
Modern Times
Herman Wouk wrote a foundational text for American postwar Modern Orthodoxy, and for the emancipated Jewish literature in its wake
Settling Down
In the documentary DevOUT, gay Jews struggle to reconcile their faith with their sexuality while raising families within the Orthodox world
Beachhead
Rabbi Marc Schneier’s Hampton Synagogue caters to New York’s wealthiest at their summer playground. As his personal life spun out of control and into the tabloids, they returned the favor by closing ranks around him.
Skirt Shorts
Denim defined fashion for a generation of frum schoolgirls, who played with Orthodoxy’s rules of modesty through small acts of sartorial rebellion. A slideshow of one woman’s beskirted past.
Faustian Bargains
There are two stories of Germany and Jews: the culture of assimilated German Jews and the meeting of German culture with Jewish religion


