Tag: Law

Several Jewish families, alongside others, are part of a lawsuit challenging a new Louisiana law mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms.
In this episode of the Federation CJA 360 Podcast, lawyer Neil Oberman discusses his efforts in using the law and the courts to combat antisemitism in Montreal.
Rabbi Shai Held, president of the Hadar Institute and author of "Judaism Is About Love: Recovering the Heart of Jewish Life," challenges the misconception that Christianity is solely about love while Judaism focuses only on law.
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has issued an interim ruling on South Africa's charge that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza.
Dr. Limor Yehuda, a lecturer in law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, introduces her book "Collective Equality: Human Rights and Democracy in Ethno-National Conflicts" where she explores the concept of national identity in relation to statehood and partition.
In this episode of the 18Forty Podcast, legal scholar Martha Minow discusses the limitations of teshuva (repentance) and the role of forgiveness in law and human culture.
The documentary film "Bella!: This Woman's Place is in the House" explores the life and legacy of Bella Abzug, a Jewish feminist and progressive political figure.
Andrew C. McCarthy examines the August 1st indictment of Donald Trump, highlighting its unconventional legal and political challenges.
In this podcast episode, Linda Gradstein, Allison Kaplan Sommer, and Noah Efron discuss two important topics: the passing of a law that limits the courts' ability to constrain Ministers and the cabinet in Israel, and the significance of Tisha B'Av in light of current divisions.
In her book "Settling Nature: The Conservation Regime in Palestine/Israel," Irus Braverman, a professor of Law, Geography, and Environmental Studies, explores Israel's approach to managing nature and how it aligns with its larger settler agenda.
The city council members in Jacksonville, Florida, are considering a new law that would make it illegal to project images or messages onto buildings without permission, in response to several antisemitic incidents across the state.
Shirin Herzog, wife of Israeli Ambassador to the United States Mike Herzog, is making her own mark as a high-powered attorney and diplomat.
Legal academic Avi Helfand joins Mosaic editor Jonathan Silver to discuss the upcoming Supreme Court case of Carson v. Makin, which deals with the funding of religious schools in Maine.
Amichai Cohen, a Law Professor at Ono Academic College and Senior Fellow at the Israel Democracy Institute, explores the impact of Israel's Constitutional Revolution in his book "The Constitutional Revolution and Counter-Revolution."
The podcast discusses cultural confusion regarding political correctness, law, and the mistreatment of women, then shifts to the Democratic party's claim that Republicans are undermining voting rights.
Ben Kallos, a New York City Council member, is running for the position of Manhattan borough president.
In this article, Abbe Gluck, a former clerk to Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, discusses the impact of Ginsburg on herself and gender equality in the United States.
The Commentary podcast delves into the conflicting philosophies underlying recent protests in the U.S., examining how the pursuit of equality clashes with certain academic theories supporting social justice that may promote ethnic determinism and stereotyping.
David Bilchitz, a law professor at the University of Johannesburg, suggests in his book "Building a Treaty on Business and Human Rights" that a legal framework can harmonize business development with the protection of human rights.
In her book "The Myth of the Cultural Jew," Prof. Roberta Ronsethal Kwall discusses how even secular Jews have unknowingly absorbed Jewish legal traditions (halakha).
Dr. Yarden Enav, an anthropologist, talks about his book "Israeliness in No Man's Land: Citizenship in the West Bank of Israel/Palestine" on the Tel Aviv Review.