Salita undercuts much of the documentary's ostensible drama by claiming he sees no conflict whatsoever between his strong Orthodox Jewish convictions and his profession as a would-be prize fighter.

The rabbis reportedly did not reach a decision on the matter; however, they allegedly decided internally to reject the sanctions imposed on draft evaders.

Dmitriy Salita is a Russian immigrant, professional boxer and a religious Jew. ORTHODOX STANCE portrays Dmitriy's maturation in each of these disparate communities, and the seemingly incompatible ...

Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill, center, attends a ceremony consecrating the Cathedral of Russian Armed Forces outside Moscow in June 2020. (Credit: Andrey Rusov, Defense Ministry Press ...

An invigorating boxing tale as well as a meditation on religious devotion, "Orthodox Stance" — a documentary in the Tucson Jewish Film Festival — packs a wallop. Director Jason Hutt follows Dmitriy ...

A Russian Orthodox priest in Kazakhstan was forced to step down after taking a stand against Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Iakov Vorontsov was one of about 300 clergy who signed an open ...

The Georgian Orthodox Church, one of the most respected institutions in Georgia, is officially remaining above the political fray following the country’s disputed parliamentary election. But the ...

Orthodox rabbis have got to take a stronger stand against the leading cause of death of children in this country: guns. While other Jewish groups take strong stances on gun control, the response of ...

A decadeslong “symbiosis” between church and military has planted the Russian Orthodox Church’s leadership on the side of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, a leading George ...