A class by Rabbi Heschel Greenberg on the Rambam’s Mishneh Torah: Disposable cups are valid for Kiddush because their shape makes them vessels, regardless of being disposable.

The recent corruption convictions of two prominent Orthodox Jewish leaders here — former Assemblyman Sheldon Silver and William Rapfogel, former head of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty — ...

JERUSALEM -- Must an observant Jew who has lost his sense of taste and smell because of covid-19 recite blessings for food and drink? Can one bend the metal nose piece of a surgical face mask on the ...

Women in Judaism face two major issues. On the one hand, there are thousands of years of Halacha and rabbinic texts regarding the laws and practices specific to Jewish women that they must follow. On ...

Even as Orthodox women take on clergy-like roles, the task of interpreting Jewish law has long been the exclusive domain of men. But a new group called Beit Hillel aims to bring down that barrier. An ...

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Reflection from the conference hosted by the Julis-Rabinowitz Program on Jewish and Israeli Law at Harvard Law School. Last month, I was extremely fortunate to attend the conference on Progressive ...

There is probably no game as difficult and captivating as chess. Millions of people break their heads over strategies to win this game and spend years learning its ins and outs. It holds them captive ...