Tamar Ross
Tamar Ross is a professor of Jewish philosophy at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat Gan, Israel. She writes about Orthodoxy and feminism.
Resources in: English
Daniel Frank
Daniel Frank is director of the Judaic studies program at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind.
“One Of A Kind”
Read a Feb. 11, 2009, CBS News story on Hasidic reggae singer Matisyahu.
“Orthodox Judaism in America”
Read an essay on the history of Orthodox Judaism in America adapted from the American Jewish Desk Reference: The Ultimate One Volume Reference to the Jewish Experience in America and posted at the MyJewishLearning.com Web site.
“The State of Orthodox Judaism Today”
Read an essay by Michael Kress, editor in chief of MyJewishLearning.com, about the factions and tensions within the Orthodox movement.
“Obama And The Orthodox”
Read a Nov. 27, 2012, article from The Jewish Week about how Orthodox Jews voted in the 2012 presidential election.
“Orthodox Jewish Voters Courted By GOP Presidential Field”
Read a Dec. 15, 2011, article from The Huffington Post about the Orthodox Jewish vote in the 2012 elections.
“Future of Orthodox Jewish Vote Has Implications for GOP”
Read an Aug. 3, 2006, Washington Post story on the growing receptiveness of Orthodox Judaism to Republican politics.
Berman Jewish DataBank
The Berman Jewish DataBank has links to the National Jewish Population Study and several other studies, some of which provide different figures for the overall Jewish population.