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 Rabbi Ido Pachter is seen alongside colleagues at Beit Midrash LeMa'ase in Jerusalem.

Rabbi Ido Pachter: Making a new tradition of Jewish law for modern Israel

 Illustration.

Why did hundreds of Orthodox Jerusalem girls suddenly go barefoot?

 A woman is seen preparing a dose of the COVID vaccine.

What does Jewish law say about medical experimentation?

By SHLOMO M. BRODY
 Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, head of the Ateret Cohanim yeshiva delivers a special torah lesson at the mixed-gender prayer section at the Western Wall in Jerusalem Old City, January 3, 2018, ahead of a Court hearing at the supreme court regarding the Western Wall layout.

Israeli rabbi urges IDF soldiers to refrain from taking ‘spoils of war’ in Gaza

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

Free at last! Jewish woman granted divorce via Zoom after ex refused get for 6 years

 A petri dish is seen following an embryo transfer surgery at the Beijing Perfect Family Hospital, in Beijing, China April 6, 2023

The problems with preimplantation genetic diagnosis in Jewish law

By SHLOMO M. BRODY
 Jury members listen to readback of testimony as Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends his criminal trial over charges that he falsified business records to conceal money paid to silence porn star Stormy Daniels in 2016, at Manhattan state court in New York

The Jewish problem with Trump supporters saying his guilty verdict was ‘rigged’

By RABBI AVI SHAFRAN/JTA
Investment graph

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