That’s the discussion that has been making the rounds in some Orthodox circles the past few weeks, after a recent rabbinical ruling loosened the prohibition on the use of a magnetic key card in ...

An Orthodox Jew who was not carrying his ID card on the Sabbath was found not guilty by a Hague appeals court of breaking a national identity law. (JTA) — An Orthodox Jew who was not carrying ...

MOSCOW (RNS/ENInews) Russian and Greek Orthodox leaders are objecting to plans in both countries to introduce electronic identity cards intended to streamline bureaucracy. Church officials are ...

JERUSALEM, Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Bank Leumi plans to offer a credit card for Orthodox Jews that doesn't work on the Sabbath. The new card will only be honored in businesses that themselves are observant ...

At a demonstration in Moscow on 16 April, Orthodox nationalists joined forces with members of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation. The Communists also oppose the Universal Electronic Card ...

Anyone who signs up for the new card will also automatically join Isracard’s program of benefits and discounts for the ultra-Orthodox sector. The Maccabi Shefa members club recently launched the ...