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Keep your will, estate plan, and any beneficiaries up to date

By AARON KATSMAN
 PALESTINIANS GATHER to receive food in the northern Gaza Strip this week, as residents are said to be facing crisis levels of hunger.

Israel must not let Gaza's people starve

 PERFORMING AN ultrasound on a pregnant woman.

What does Jewish law say about objecting to medical procedures?

By SHLOMO M. BRODY
 President of the Supreme Court of Israel Esther Hayut and all fifteen justices assemble to hear petitions against the reasonableness standard law in the High Court in Jerusalem, on Tuesday, September 12, 2023.

Israeli public ready for relaxation of conversion laws

 JOEY GUEDALIA wears a T-shirt emblazoned with ‘Protect this home’ as he poses with the family, including Oma Els, center

Meet the grandmother whose sukkah and kindness were for all

 WALL POSTER by People’s Talmud, hung in schools.

The People's Talmud: Online Jewish law study and the pursuit of wisdom

By GEDALIAH GURFEIN
NEW IMMIGRANTS from North America disembark at Ben-Gurion Airport after a flight arranged by Nefesh B’Nefesh.

Israel's Law of Return extends to widowers of eligible Jews, court rules

By RON KAPLAN\JTA
 Head Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef seen with Chief Rabbi of Tzfat Shmuel Eliyahu at an inauguration ceremony for a new women's mikve, in the Northern Israeli town of Tzfat.

Israeli rabbis are issuing guidance about how to adjust Jewish law during wartime

By Jackie Hajdenberg/JTA
 ONE SHOULD not hand a little child a cheeseburger.

Do people with dementia have to follow Jewish law?

By SHLOMO M. BRODY
The site of the former President Hotel on Ahad Ha’am Street. In a comic twist, the derelict sign now reads ‘Resident Ho.’

Grapevine: Academics at Hadassah

During the three weeks: Is it permissible to celebrate a wedding during these days?

By Mark Fish
 ‘TO PROLONG life is a mitzvah, to prolong dying is not.’ (Illustrative)

Is quality of life a Jewish concept?

By SHLOMO M. BRODY
 A selection of Dick Codor's artwork.

The Jewish humor of American illustrator Dick Codor

By DAVID GEFFEN
Female rabbi being ordained 370

France gets its first Orthodox woman rabbi

By Alice D'Oleon/JTA
 Har Bracha Yeshiva

This rabbi hopes to explain Judaism to millions with new website

 A WOMAN seeking divorce in a ‘beit din’ was the sole female in the room until the advent of ‘toanot.’ (Illustrative)

New bill proposes broader sanctions on Israeli men refusing to divorce wives

 Wedding (Illustrative).

Jewish civil marriage group sees increase in ceremony requests

 A parent and his child holding hands (illustrative)

Religious families cannot get priority in adoption of non-Jewish children, High Court rules