An Orthodox Jewish woman is chronicling her search for “modest clothing” at popular department stores. “I’m an Orthodox Jew. I only wear shirts that cover my elbows and skirts and dresses that cover ...

Over the past few years, there has been a rapid rise in fast fashion. Trends quickly come and go, and stores are selling clothing with synthetic materials derived from fossil fuels, such as polyester ...

When I was growing up in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, in the 1950s, the neighborhood was primarily Jewish and Italian. Most of the Jews were Holocaust survivors, for whom Yiddish was their lingua franca. My ...