The weekly Torah portion Korach explores the rebellions of Korach, Dathan and Abiram, illustrating how impatience, short-sightedness and populist defiance can derail progress, and highlighting the enduring value of perseverance in leadership and national survival

The girls, from an ultra-Orthodox school in Monsey, entered an underground drainage tunnel during a trip to a park in Nyack and walked about half a mile before safely emerging from several sewer openings

In conservative religious circles, BDSM is rarely discussed, leaving many to navigate desire, shame and relationships alone; a married couple, a single religious woman, a Jewish mysticism scholar and therapists describe a hidden world where faith and alternative sexuality often collide