NEW YORK — Frieda Vizel left an ultra-Orthodox Jewish sect in New York in a crisis of faith at 25. But instead of cutting ties, she became a successful online personality and guide to the tight-knit ...

In early March, just six weeks after Sara Hurwitz was granted the title of “rabba” (a feminized version of “rabbi”), that title is in jeopardy. Hurwitz, an Orthodox Jew and one of three leaders of an ...

Michal Raucher received funding from the Israel Institute, the University of Cincinnati, and the Hadassah Brandeis Institute to conduct research related to this article. When people picture a rabbi, ...