Jewish law

The episode weaves Thiel’s storyline into an ongoing arc featuring Donald Trump and JD Vance, mixing religious satire with current-events parody and the viral “6-7” meme.  

The courts are staffed by judges who rule on momentous matters within a system that lacks proper training, transparency, and oversight.

Whether seen as a statement of exclusive loyalty, divine unity, or cosmic uniqueness, the “Shema” serves as a window into the diversity of Jewish monotheistic expression.

We should allow the underlying illness to take its course and not deprive a patient of a natural need that will cause him to die sooner.

With the bodies of hostages set to return home, Jewish law raises complex questions—when to mourn, how to bury, and what to do when the remains are incomplete.

Even if pain medications would incur a risk of hastening death, Jewish law permits – and even mandates – administering the therapies necessary to address the pain.

Schiff, said the edition was “a monumental legal code and one of the most organized, comprehensive, and influential works of Jewish law.”

On an average year, it is estimated there are 15 to 20 such cases in Israel and a couple in the United States. During wartime, that number goes up.

Jerusalemite of the Week: Rabbi Ido Pachter of Beit Midrash LeMa'ase is attempting to reframe how we approach Jewish law to create something new: Halachat Yisraeli (Israeli Jewish law).

Jerusalem students remove TOMS shoes and walk barefoot after discovering forbidden Shaatnez, showing swift adherence to religious law.