Advocacy and compassion in the Jewish tradition.(Religious Values and...

Fordham Urban Law Journal;  November 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......problems for Jewish law, or halakhah...post-biblical Jewish law to question the...regarded in the Jewish tradition, and many eminent...frowned upon in the Jewish tradition. In the ethical...Justice under Jewish law is fundamentally...of advocacy in ...

JEWISH LAW AND SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE CORPORATE CONDUCT

Fordham Journal of Corporate & Financial Law;  May 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......community or communities which it affects. Jewish law pervasively impacts corporate conduct...to corporations. Instead, the foci of Jewish law are the individual, on the one hand...managers, directors and shareholders - Jewish law controls corporate conduct from within...

Jewish Law Unclear On Maintenance

The New York Jewish Week;  October 18, 2002 ;     295 words ......that kavod ha'met, or respect for the dead, is central to Jewish tradition, and while there are detailed laws governing all aspects...Conservative responsa about issues related to cemeteries, says Jewish law forbids exhumation except in certain situations and requires...

Bush's Fetus Plan Seen at Odds With Jewish Law

Forward;  October 18, 2002 ;     615 words ......their agreement that the plan is sharply at odds with Jewish tradition. Pro-choice groups such as the Religious Action Center...statement issued last week that the new policy is contrary to Jewish tradition, which regards the fetus as precious but views the mother...at the moment of conception. ...

A Modern Classic: Elon's Jewish law treatise illuminates our history.

The Jewish Week;  September 15, 1994 ;     700+ words ......Week 09-15-1994 A Modern Classic: Elon's Jewish law treatise illuminates our history.. Shortly...Menachem Elon's monumental three volumes, `Jewish Law,' were published at a time when worldwide...Penn, also became the Gruss Professor of Jewish law at New York University law school, ...

The Hour: Invoking Jewish Tradition

Forward;  May 5, 2000 ;     700+ words ......Forward 05-05-2000 THE HOUR: Invoking Jewish Tradition Invocation of "the Jewish tradition" on behalf of this political stance...our positions in Jewish sources and Jewish tradition honors our people's texts and history...

Jewish law institute launched in DC

Jerusalem Post;  November 10, 2002 ;     420 words ...00-00-0000 Headline: Jewish law institute launched in DC Byline...jurists and others about 2,000 years of Jewish law and promote the application of the...Through the study and teaching of Jewish law and philosophy you are contributing...

Seeking the Jewish Tradition

Forward;  May 19, 1995 ;     700+ words ...Leonard Fein Forward 05-19-1995 Seeking the Jewish Tradition. Is the Jewish tradition inherently liberal or inherently conservative...simple: yes. Which is to say that if by "the Jewish tradition" we mean what is normally meant by the...

On Conversion, Jewish Law Has Many Voices

The Jerusalem Report;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......based on an uncompromising assertion that Jewish law requires a pledge to observe all 613 commandments...While there are unquestionably grounds in Jewish law for these rulings, they hardly exhaust the range of halakhic opinion. On the contrary, Jewish law speaks in multiple authentic ...

Don't Blame Jewish Law For Murder Of Rabin

The New York Jewish Week;  November 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ...Don't Blame Jewish Law For Murder Of Rabin. The first anniversary...Jews may still believe that it was Jewish law that inspired the horrendous murder...circles how one can advocate the use of Jewish law in the young state if it can produce...

Jewish law lecture offered at Tulsa University

THE JOURNAL RECORD;  February 8, 2007 ;     175 words ......responsibility from the perspective of Jewish law and ethics is scheduled at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday as part of the Jewish Law Lecture series at the University of...Responsibility through a Perspective of Jewish Law and Ethics." Levine is an associate...

Jewish Law Takes Precedence Over Israeli Law.

Israel Faxx;  December 21, 2004 ;     448 words ......need not fulfill orders that violate Jewish Law, even according to modern Israeli law...seminar this past Saturday. Israel's Jewish Law Heritage movement organized the seminar...State upon its establishment, instead of Jewish Law. It tracks progress in this area, however...

What Does Jewish Law Say?

The New York Jewish Week;  December 26, 1997 ;     439 words ...What Does Jewish Law Say? The assisted suicide that...his crippled wife - is banned by Jewish law, according to spokesmen for the...unequivocally forbidden by halacha, or Jewish law, they say. "It's called homicide...Rabbinical Assembly's committee on Jewish law and ...

University of Tulsa College of Law to sponsor Jewish law lecture series

THE JOURNAL RECORD;  October 5, 2006 ;     279 words ......Law has scheduled a lecture series on Jewish law and tradition. In conjunction with the...our law school's history, a course in Jewish law will be offered this spring." Beth Mobley...No'" on Nov. 15; Mark E. Washofsky, "Jewish Law, Bioethics and Stem Cell Research," Jan...

Vodka Bottle Gets Final Resting Place According to Jewish Law.

Israel Faxx;  August 26, 2008 ;     248 words ...By IsraelNationalNews.com Jewish law generally forbids placing objects...decide the question according to Jewish law, not wanting to violate the Torah...last wishes. He contacted halachic [Jewish law] experts at the Rabbinical Center...