“One Of A Kind”
Read a Feb. 11, 2009, CBS News story on Hasidic reggae singer Matisyahu.
Category: Beliefs & practices
“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.
“Geographic Differences among American Jews”
Read the National Jewish Population Survey’s reports on geographic differences among Jews around America. The NJPS showed that although the Orthodox influence is felt nationally, Orthodox Jews are concentrated in urban Northeast areas to a greater degree than other Jews.
“Varieties of Orthodox Judaism”
Eliezer Segal, a professor of religious studies at the University of Calgary, has a Web page explaining the “Varieties of Orthodox Judaism.” The page sets out the many branches of the movement.