The classic example of Jewish ethics vs. “the law of the Torah” is the story of Shimon ben Shetach in the Palestinian Talmud Baba Metzia 2:5. Simeon ben Shetach, circa 140-60 BCE, was a Pharisee ...

The chief rabbis of Israel, Kalman Ber and David Yosef, accuse the High Court of Justice of interfering with matters of ...

A refusal to apply accurate legal categories simply because the offenders are Jews undermines Israel’s most powerful claim: that it is different.The post If the law is clear, the response ...

Jewish texts about the laws of war set parameters on the use of siege, writes a rabbi who has sought to avoid politics. I am not a politician and I have no wish to become one. I am a rabbi, and the ...

A federal judge has indefinitely barred the Trump administration from leveling a fine in excess of $1 billion against the ...

Jewish groups across the religious spectrum praised Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines on accommodating religious attire in the workplace. The guidelines published Thursday are for ...

There has been a lot of recent discussion about the need for Jewish self-defense. Several books and op-eds have been published advocating for American Jews to start waking up and taking this issue a ...

The action alleged that the private K-8 school in Fairfax County, Virginia expelled three Jewish siblings after their parents ...

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A new California law says Israelis aren't white for the purpose of demographic data collection — and raises complex questions ...

Jewish community leaders are backing the NSW Premier in his push to introduce stronger police powers to stop the “naked ...

We live in a time when Jewish identity has become fraught, politicized and embattled. Public displays of Jewishness can ...