Opa! The Panegyri Greek Festival is celebrating 50 years this weekend. The three-day cultural event, hosted by the Holy ...

During the Mass of Priesthood Ordination at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception on June 21, 2025 ...

The humble Yup’ik mother and midwife known as Matushka Olga is now officially a saint in the Orthodox church, after a ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...

(FāVS News) — Several Orthodox churches filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Washington on Monday (June 16) over a recently passed law mandating clergy to report child abuse and neglect ...

Unsplash/Annie Spratt Officials with Orthodox churches in the United States have filed a lawsuit against a Washington state measure requiring priests to break the confessional seal after a similar ...

CNA Staff, Jun 17, 2025 / 11:16 am A group of Orthodox churches has joined the Catholic bishops of Washington state in suing the government over its requirement that clergy either violate the seal ...

BOCA RATON — Last week, a $50 million federal lawsuit was filed against a prestigious South Florida country club for suspending an Orthodox Jewish family from its facilities. The lawsuit, Scharf v.

Decades-long system of draft exemptions Most Jewish men are required to serve nearly three years in the military, followed by years of reserve duty. Jewish women serve two mandatory years. But the ...

Andrew Cuomo, who is running for mayor of New York City, announced on Wednesday that he received the endorsement of the Satmar community of Williamsburg, led by Grand Rebbe Zalman Teitelbaum. The ...

Parties such as United Torah Judaism and Shas had threatened to pull support from the Netanyahu coalition over the divisive decision to conscript members of their ultra-orthodox communities.