After discussing the relationship between Judaism, Halakha, and Hinduism last week, I will continue to address the other Dharmic religions. The Dharmic religions originate from the Indian ...

Much smaller shares of Muslims in Israel and Turkey agree. Among Israelis who are Jewish, about a third support making halakha, or Jewish law, the state law for Jews in Israel. When it comes to ...

“There are three pillars in formulating halakhic rulings,” wrote Rabbi Messas. “Din (Law/Halakha), Sekhel (Intellect/Common Sense), Zman (Time/Context).” A halakhic decisor must know ...

What is a Jew? A member of a religion, a culture, a nation — or all three? That was the old and perhaps unanswerable question faced last week by the Israeli Supreme Court. Understandably, the ...

Geller saw this blessing as proof that Halakha recognizes the value of all body types, including older people. “We should be grateful that we live in a world where there are people who look ...

Rabbi Halevy concluded that the then-government of Israel was not in violation of Halakha).

In order to realize this goal, Bernstein interned with Svara’s Trans Halakha Project during her senior year at Barnard. Halakha—which directly translates to “the way to walk”—dictates the practices ...

State of Halakha — Israel’s History in Jewish Law by Aviad Tabory Maggid, £22.99 The founding of the state of Israel marked a religious, as well as political, revival.

Svara’s two-year-old Trans Halakha Project has just published a series of opinions (called “teshuvot”) on how trans people, or those undergoing transition, might approach Jewish laws around ...