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Jewish groups advocate for new hate crime laws and better police tools to punish perpetrators
13 Feb 2026 21:58 GMT
… . At university campuses, Jewish students are routinely experiencing … Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA), and the Canadian Jewish Law Association … and security for Canadian Jewish communities and other … to intimidate and harass Jews without legal consequences.
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Famed Houston lawyer memoir recalls case that roiled Jewish community
13 Feb 2026 16:59 GMT
… could hire. The Ports believed Halakha (Jewish law) shielded them from testifying … Talmud, a huge book of Jewish law, to Sanhedrin 27b, which … cooperating with the Nazis,” said Rabbi Shaul Osadchey, who had … Ports aren’t ‘real Jews’ because they don’t belong …
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Law within Law: Jewish Self-Governance and Fear in Medieval England
13 Feb 2026 16:06 GMT
… their internal affairs according to Halakha, Jewish religious law. This arrangement was neither clandestine … One of two surviving Jewish houses, the Jew’s House in … persistence of Jewish law symbolized the failure of assimilation, not because Jews resisted …
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Jews pray on Jerusalem's Temple Mount as decades-old status quo begins to shift
13 Feb 2026 14:43 GMT
… and the holiest site in Judaism. For Muslims, it is … rabbinic rulings that according to Jewish law, Jews are allowed to visit part … Aqsa Mosque.Some rabbis have said that Jews should not visit … concentration camp
Five months ago, Rabbi Leo Dee, whose first …
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Does Jewish law say it’s OK to lie to the high-roller who wants to manage your rock ‘n’ roll band? By Peter Himmelman 5 min read
12 Feb 2026 20:30 GMT
… Himmelman exploring the intersection of Judaism, creativity, and rock ‘n’ roll … apply, I turn to Halacha, Jewish law, and settle on this: pikuach …
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Jewish protesters at White House urge Trump to break with Netanyahu over Gaza
11 Feb 2026 22:39 GMT
… in the name of Judaism. “Judaism is a religion of … contradicts core Jewish religious teachings.
The rabbi cited Jewish law as … prohibiting killing and said it forbids Jews … bloodshed among Palestinians and Jews alike.”
Dovid urged …
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Jewish leaders pray for Nancy Guthrie, framing the case through Torah’s ban on kidnapping
11 Feb 2026 16:18 GMT
… Synagogue, the synagogue’s founding rabbi, Rabbi Moshe E. Scheiner, urged listeners … and online Torah commentary, where rabbis framed the case as a … a capital-level offense in Jewish law. He concluded with a public …
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The Trump Administration Demands Lists of Jews
11 Feb 2026 05:05 GMT
… information for employees of Jewish faith or ancestry; names … American Academy of Jewish Research (AAJR), the Jewish Law Students Association of … and Jew-haters — to not misuse lists of Jews?
Why … He is most passionate about Judaism, Israel, the Boston Red …
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The Jewish Talmud’s Four-Wife Rule Long Before the Qurʾān
10 Feb 2026 21:37 GMT
… of a numerical ceiling within Jewish law can be properly situated. The … number four thus emerges within Jewish law as a pragmatic ceiling rather …
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Rabbi Jesus Ben Joseph: A Faithful Jew
09 Feb 2026 05:08 GMT
… do, Either for Englishman or Jew.”
– The Everlasting Gospel, … Xmas. I recall rabbis claiming more Jews were murdered in … Jewish law than the stringent Shammai.
In every situation, like every rabbi … He unequivocally fully embraced his Judaism: “Do not think I …