I am Esther Petrack’s mother and since her level of religious observance has attracted so much attention on the internet, I feel the need to clarify a few points. The fateful 4 words “I will do it” in ...

Esther Petrack knows how to make a first impression. The 18-year-old Brookline resident flashed Tyra Banks in a 10-second clip teasing the 15th installment of CW’s “America’s Next Top Model” debuting ...

I know it’s the question everyone wants answered: Is Esther Petrack from this season of “America’s Next Top Model” really an observant Orthodox Jew? A little while back, I posted a clip from the show ...

After a fantastic weekend wandering the side streets of the Old City of Jerusalem with a group of religious overseas students from my program, I went to friend a few of them on Facebook. For one of ...

So much for an Orthodox “America’s Next Top Model” winner. This week, Esther Petrack, an Israeli-born Boston native, was eliminated from the competition. In the opening episodes of the show, the ...

Mrs Petrack added that she hoped viewers would have given her daughter the benefit of the doubt about her religious observance. She even revealed that Esther is so committed to Judaism that she ...

Remember Esther Petrack, the Modern Orthodox contestant on “America’s Next Top Model”? Her ballsy appearance in the show’s Cycle 15 at age 18 included her lifting up her shirt, dressing provocatively ...

Marina Petrack, mother of America’s Next Top Model contestant Esther Petrack, wants everyone to know that her daughter will not give up Shabbat for the runway. The Jewish Chronicle reports that Marina ...