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List of orthodox Jewish celebrities, loosely ranked by fame and popularity. Orthodox Judaism is a religion that abides by the application of laws and ethics ...

Evolutionary biologist and epidemiologist Nina Fefferman uses mathematical models to chart how individual choices ripple outward to affect whole groups, helping create strategies to save populations from endangered tortoises to human communities stricken by disease.

In honor of Jewish American Heritage Month, we're celebrating the characters who have shaped the canon of Jewish women, from Yenta to the Broad City girls.

Afghani Jewish Bride ews are believed to have resided in Afghanistan for nearly 1,500 years. Now however there is only one Jew remaining in the country (Zablon Simintov, who was born in Herat in 1959). Traditional wedding ceremonies saw the brides covered with a veil and garments, and she also wore henna on her hands and feet and sequins on her forehead.

How I as a teenage girl defied my family's Jewish tradition.

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