Jewish law
New study examines debate over brain-dead pregnant women kept on ventilator
The case that occurred in 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia, has just been described in “The halachic heartbeat at the edge of life: navigating maternal brain death and fetal life.”
High Court of Justice blocks autopsies of dead infants from Jerusalem daycare disaster
Katz Prize honorees recognized at President’s residence
Rabbi Eliezer Diamond, beloved Jewish Theological Seminary professor and author, dies at 73
Ask the Rabbi: What’s cooking?
KASHRUT STANDARDS in the IDF have greatly improved over the years, and we should be thankful for this.
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‘Chained’ spouses and the partners who won’t grant a divorce
How a religious farmer became a promoter of assisted suicide in Israel
Hundreds of people make use of the services of assisted suicide agencies like Dignitas and Exit each year in Switzerland. But the decision can be particularly difficult for Jews.
Shabbat/ Chag candle-lighting times for U.S. and Israel
See Shabbat/Chag times for your area.
Justice for Holocaust survivors
The Holocaust was the greatest calamity to befall the Jewish People since the destruction of the Second Temple
International humanitarian law in Halacha
MANY RECENT scholars have argued that the international community’s failure to uniformly enforce its rules entirely undermines any possible halachic recognition of international law.
Pesach: Surrounded by charity
While we always have an obligation to give, on Pesach it gets amped up.
‘No one should be an aguna for even a day’
Organization for wives with recalcitrant husbands aims to bring awareness to plight
Uggs, the beloved footwear, may be unkosher
Three separate shatnez labs found shoes from Ugg contained a mixture of wool and linen. Ugg has denied the claims.
Third woman gets divorce after independent Orthodox court annuls marriage
Court convened at request of Center of Women’s Justice represents a challenge to the state rabbinical courts which decline to use tools for annulling or dissolving marriages even in long-term cases.
