Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish ...

One of Israel's most divisive domestic issues has reared itself again to challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after a group in the ruling coalition said it would bring the government down ...

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

Israel's political landscape faces tension as ultra-Orthodox coalition members demand exemption from military service for their youths, threatening to topple Netanyahu's government if not granted.

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish ...

Kerala High Court admits petition challenging State government representatives' participation in Joseph Mar Gregorios' installation ceremony in Lebanon.

St. Patrick is as a Roman Catholic figure, but a church in Grevena, in northern Greece, has always celebrated him.

The Department of Transport and Planning paid $11.48 million to acquire this Bulleen site. But the Greek Orthodox Community ...

Government must 'improve enforcement and impose personal sanctions,' Deputy AG Limon writes, says only a 'negligible' fraction of ultra-Orthodox called up for service have enlisted The post AG urges ...

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Albania’s Orthodox Church has elected Joan Pelushi as its new leader following the death in January of Archbishop Anastasios, who had revived the church after the fall of communism in 1990 ...

Rabbi Steven Gotlib of Mekor Habracha in Center City grew up in what he called an “old school, traditional Conservative” family, and he knew from a young age that becoming a rabbi was something he ...