Last Thursday, Ye, formerly known as (Kanye West) apologized to the Jewish people. He had a friend named DJ Akademiks post a video on X of his meeting with Rabbi Yoshiyahu Yosef Pinto asking for ...

One does not have to look far to see misinformed claims that Jews are “white Europeans” and “genetically European” widely circulating. Of course, these incorrect assertions are driven by an ...

“Makom made me realize that life is worth fighting for! It was a light in the deep darkness.” -Makom member The tagline for Makom is “From Darkness To Light,” which is a reference to “Acheinu Kol Beis ...

While politics often elicits strong feelings, we hope to elicit only strong feelings of pride as we present you with a list of Orthodox Jews who U.S. presidents (or presidential candidates), on both ...

The world was shaking this week, and it had nothing to do with the Presidential election. It was because of the death of Rabbi Dovid Feinstein, the renowned Halachic authority, who passed away last ...

Why do Orthodox women wear wigs – especially if the wig looks even nicer than their hair? Doesn’t that defeat the purpose? In this video we explore the text-based sources for hair covering. It begins ...

After we recently reported on the offensive and inaccurate portrayal in NBC’s “Nurses,” and its subsequent removal, we thought it was important to explain how other episodes have missed the mark when ...

The following movie review began with angry texts I sent to friends and colleagues yesterday, as I was watching You People, the number one movie now streaming on Netflix. It premiered on Holocaust ...

Dear Jew in the City, Can you explain how the basic Biblical commandments re: such subjects as the kosher laws have been vastly elaborated and expanded on by post-Biblical rabbis? For example, the ...

In 2021, Jew in the City launched The Jewish Institute for Television & Cinema (JITC), the only Hollywood Bureau fighting for better representation for all Jews. Then, in early 2023, JITC Hollywood ...

While Moshe was leading the Jews to Israel from Egpyt, the Jews sent spies into Israel to report back on what they saw, causing most of the Jews to doubt Hashem. This caused a decree to be issued that ...

Thanks for your question. As I’ve mentioned in the past, I haven’t seen (and have no plans to see) Shtisel, so I can’t address that. But I can address the difference between Hasidic and Orthodox Jews.