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
Jewish law: May parents waive children’s obligation to mourn for them?
Can a parent request a child not to recite kaddish for them?
'Instant love': Two victims of Jewish divorce refusal marry
The couple, individually, needed to go overcome legal battles to regain their freedom from inside their trapped marriages.
EU court decision: Happy cows higher priority than happy Jews - analysis
It is not as if kosher meat is banned in Flanders of Wallonia, just that the ritual slaughter of the cows there is forbidden. This means if you want to eat kosher meat, it will have to be imported, something that will significantly increase the price.
Women are allowed to receive rabbinic accreditation, High Court rules
Mainstream Orthodox Judaism does not yet recognize women as rabbis, there is no reason that women cannot take the tests that are otherwise given to men studying to become rabbis.
Chief Rabbi: COVID-19 patients can't fast on Tisha B'Av, shorten prayer
"To our sorrow, the plague is intensifying and we need heavenly mercy," wrote Lau.
Conservative movement allows livestreaming on Shabbat, holidays amid virus
Noting the “unprecedented time” brought on by the virus, the movement’s Jewish law authorities voted Wednesday to allow livestreaming with a number of caveats.
Chief Rabbinate must disclose communications with RCA over testimonials
Controversy has long surrounded the way the Chief Rabbinate decides which Orthodox rabbis abroad it recognizes to give such testimony and it has still never provided clear criteria for this process.
Yad La’Isha marks record-breaking number of resolved ‘aguna’ cases
The 'agunah problem' is an ongoing Jewish legal (halachic) issue in which women wishing to get a divorce require the consent of their husbands, who may refuse.
Law Firm to Create Immense Job Opportunities after Building Acquisition In Northenden
Recent news sources say that a Northenden based law firm has brought a 3000 square feet building as a part of its ambitious expansion program.
The ‘halachot’ of coalition negotiations
May we make compromises on the religious character of the state?
