Jewish law

Parashat Tazria-Metzora: Turning lemons into lemonade

These parashot deal at length with a unique phenomenon described in the Torah – tzara’at, which are marks or changes that appear on the walls of a house, on clothing, or on the body.

|ByRABBI SHMUEL RABINOWITZ
'Spirituality can grow without diminishing anyone,' says the writer.
Rabbi Shlomo Litvin, Director of Chabad of the Bluegrass and Chairman of the Kentucky Jewish Council.

New Kentucky law says authorities must contact Chabad before cremating unnamed body

While earlier versions of the bill specifically referenced Chabad, the final law was broadened to include any religious organization willing to assume responsibility.

|ByMATHILDA HELLER
REPRESENTATIVES OF the Chief Rabbinate of Israel cross Jaffa Street in Jerusalem as they deliver a kosher certificate to a local restaurant.

Time for Israel’s non-kosher public to push back - opinion

Even the hint of a religious consumer boycott can shut entire markets. Deals collapse the moment the “non-kosher” is mentioned.

|ByDAN PERRY
Prof. John Loike (R), Prof Alan Kadish (M), and Rabbi Tzvi Flaum (L)

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.”

|ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH

Future of Jewish religious freedom hangs in balance in EU -opinion

Regarding Jewish religious freedom, tolerance of belief and speech is not enough.

OCTOBER 15, 2022BySHIMON COHEN
A Star of David necklace.

What does Jewish law say about uterine transplants?

While uterine transplants might be able to overcome legal obstacles, it remains critical to carefully consider its ethical and societal implications.

JULY 9, 2022BySHLOMO M. BRODY
Pregnant couple (Illustrative).

Roe v. Wade, abortion and religious values - explainer

Here are six issues which are being implicitly addressed within the rancorous public debate about abortion.

JULY 9, 2022ByMOSHE TARAGIN
Abortion: What are the religious values of it? (Illustrative).

Roe v. Wade: Overturning would be unconscionable infringement on religious freedom - opinion

Taking away choices about pregnancy undermines central values of Jewish law: bringing to bear competing Torah values, and owning the complexity of one’s reality.

MAY 19, 2022ByDOV LINZER/JTA, SARA HURWITZ/JTA
Protesters attend the "Jewish Rally for Abortion Justice" at Union Square near the U.S. Capitol on May 17, 2022.

Agunah Day as the aftermath of war

While Jewish law bends over backwards to resolve this human tragedy, by wisely loosening the strictures of proof of death ordinarily demanded by Jewish law.

MARCH 9, 2022ByRACHEL LEVMORE
RABBI PROF. Michael J. Broyde delivers an address about the Tripartite Agreement at an event in 2019.

Leader of pro-Israel student group running for Congress in Nevada

David Brog, leader of the Maccabee Task force and longtime protege of the Adelsons, is running for Congress in Nevada.

FEBRUARY 19, 2022ByRON KAMPEAS/JTA
CUFI executive director, David Brog, speaking at the group's Israel Policy Conference in Washington, D.C., July 13-14, 2015.

RZA partnership brings Tzurba M'Rabanan to Amazon

The Religious Zionists of America's (RZA) Tzurba M'Rabanan is now available on Amazon in English.

DECEMBER 12, 2021ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
DOING WHAT she loves: The revolutionary rabbanit in the beit midrash.

Jewish Law: Kosher food in non-observant homes

The important initiatives that try to protect two important values: Kosher food observance, which connects us to our heritage, and the personal ties that bind us together as a nation

NOVEMBER 4, 2021BySHLOMO M. BRODY
EXAMINING CABBAGE to confirm it is kosher, in the fields near Kibbutz Sarid, Jezreel Valley.

Jewish law: How to purchase produce during shmita

Many Talmudic sages believe that shmita restrictions today stem only from a rabbinic decree. A few even assert that our observance of these laws is a pious custom.

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021BySHLOMO M. BRODY
Fresh vegetables are sold at the shuk (market)

Afghan's last Jew signs divorce papers without a Jewish witness - report

There is doubt as to whether or not the papers will be recognized in a Jewish court, as the witnesses were not considered "kosher," with one of them reportedly being a Priest.

SEPTEMBER 17, 2021BySHIRA SILKOFF
Zabulon Simantov, an Afghan Jew, prays at a Jewish cemetery in Kabul November 5, 2013. In his 50s, Simintov is the last known Afghan Jew to remain in the country. He has become something of a celebrity over the years and his rivalry with the next-to-last Jew, who died in 2005, inspired a play.