Jewish Law maintains an archive of articles concerning how Jewish law perceives American law. The articles are listed below, by topic and title:
Arbitration/Mediation
- “Two Models of Alternative Dispute Resolution”
Heshey Zelcer
Reprinted with permission from Hakirah, The Flatbush Journal of Jewish Law and Thought. For more information regarding Hakirah, please visit http://www.hakirah.org/. - “A Proposal for P’sharah: A Jewish Mediation/Arbitration Service”
Ira Yitzchak Kasdan
Jewish Action, A Magazine of the Orthodox Union, Spring 1990 - “Divorce Mediation: Gentle Alternative to a Bitter Process”
Rabbi Adam Berner
Jewish Action, A Magazine of the Orthodox Union, Summer 1997 - “The Role of Peshara within the Halakhic Judicial System”
Rav Moshe Taragin
Yeshivat Har Etzion
Israel Koschitzky Virtual Beit Midrash (VBM)
Bankruptcy
- “Bankruptcy: A Halakhic Perspective”
Rabbi Yitzchok A. Breitowitz - “Bankruptcy – A Viable Halachic Option?”
Steven H. Resnicoff - “A Jewish Law Perspective on the Propriety of Discharging Personal Debts”
Prof. Steven H. Resnicoff
Beit Din
- Jewish Divorce and the Role of Beit Din
Rabbi Jonathan Reiss
Economics/Marketplace
- “Geneivat Da’at: The Prohibition Against Deception in Today’s World”
by Hershey H. Friedman - “Hasagat Gevul: Economic Competition in Jewish Law”
Rabbi Chaim Jachter - “Orthodox Jewish Women and Eligibility for the Parsonage Exemption”
Jacob Lewin - “In Defense of the Better Bailout: A Heter-Iska Comparison”
Ezra Bronstein - “Corporate Democracy And The Frum Investor: Halakhot Of Investing In The Stock Market”
Rabbi Asher Meir
Yeshivat Har Etzion Virtual Beit Midrash - “Value Conflicts In Jewish Business Ethics: Social Versus Fiduciary Responsibility”
Rabbi Asher Meir
Yeshivat Har Etzion Virtual Beit Midrash - “Inflation Issues in Jewish Law”
Rabbi Dr. Aaron Levine
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. V - “Jewish Law and Copyright”
Rabbi Israel Schneider
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. XXI - “Pruzbul”
Rabbi Alfred S. Cohen
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. XXVIII - “Ribis: A Halachic Anthology”
Rabbi Joseph Stern
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. IV - “Ribit Revisited – A Commercial Conundrum: Does Prudence Permit the Jewish “Permissible Venture?””
Prof. Steven H. Resnicoff - “Consumer Protection: Price and Wage Levels”
Dr. Itamar Warhaftig - “Consumer Protection: Price Fraud”
Dr. Itamar Warhaftig
Ethics/Professional Ethics
- “The Impact of Jewish Values on Marketing and Business Practices”
by Hershey H. Friedman - “Should Moral Individuals Ever Lie? Insights from Jewish Law”
Hershey H. Friedman, Ph.D. and Abraham C. Weisel, Esq. - “A Jewish Ethical Perspective to American Taxation”
Kenneth H. Ryesky, Esq.
Posted with permission of author. Article originally published in Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion, Volume 10. - Jewish Business Ethics – An Introductory Perspective
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz - “The Good Samaritan: Monetary Aspects”
Rabbi Aaron Kirschenbaum
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. XVII - Introduction – from “Case Studies in Jewish Business Ethics” (Ktav,1999)
Rabbi Aaron Levine - “The Encyclopedia Salesman” – from “Case Studies in Jewish Business Ethics” (Ktav,1999)
Rabbi Aaron Levine
Family Law
- “Expelling and Suspending Students: An American and Jewish Legal Perspective [PDF]”
Daniel Pollack and David Schnall
Originally published in New England Journal of International and Comparative Law, Volume 9, Issue 2. (2003) - “The Prenuptial Agreement of Mutual Respect, Get and English Law”
Rachel Levmore and Daniel Clarke - “In re Estate of Feinberg: Even When You Will It, It’s Still a Dream”
Aaron Gavant - Jewish Marriage and Ontario Law
Gene C. Colman, Rabbi Joseph M. Posen - “DOMESTIC RELATIONS LAW 236B: A Study in Communications Breakdown”
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz - “The Establishment of Maternity & Paternity in Jewish and American Law”
Michael Broyde, Esq. - “Child Custody: A Pure Law Analysis”
Michael Broyde, Esq.
Jewish Law Association Studies, VII: The Paris Conference Volume 1-20 (1994) - “Divorce Mediation: Gentle Alternative to a Bitter Process”
Rabbi Adam Berner
Jewish Action, a magazine of the Orthodox Union, Summer 1997
Litigation/Law
- “Outline Re: The Secular Enforceability of Bais Din Judgements”
Professor Steven H. Resnicoff - “Informing on Others for Violating American Law: A Jewish Law View”
by Rabbi Michael J. Broyde - “Arkaos, Civil Litigation, And Halachah”
Rabbi Ari Marburger - Ensuring Enforceabiliy of Beis Din’s Judgements
Yechiel (Gene C.) Colman - “Litigation in Secular Courts”
Rabbi Simcha Krauss
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. III - “Suing Your Rabbi: Clergy Malpractice in Jewish Law”
Rabbi Mark Dratch
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. XVIII - “Secular Law Enforcement of the Heter ‘Iska”
Kenneth H. Ryesky, Esq.
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. XXV - A Holocaust Survivor Who Saved Himself With His Brother’s Money
by Rav Y.Y. Frankel
Reprinted with permission from “Crossroads: Halacha and the Modern World, Vol. I,” Published by Zomet Institute (Alon Shvut-Gush Etzion, Israel) - “Secular Courts in the State of Israel
Rav Yaacov Ariel, Rosh Yeshiva — Yamit
Reprinted with permission from “Crossroads: Halacha and the Modern World, Vol. II,” Published by Zomet Institute (Alon Shvut-Gush Etzion, Israel) - “The Polygraph in Jewish Law”
Prof. Eliav Shochetman
Reprinted with permission from “Crossroads: Halacha and the Modern World, Vol. III,” Published by Zomet Institute (Alon Shvut-Gush Etzion, Israel) - Extradition
by Rav Shaul Yisraeli
Reprinted with permission from “Crossroads: Halacha and the Modern World, Vol. III,” Published by Zomet Institute (Alon Shvut-Gush Etzion, Israel) - Extradition In Jewish Law
by Prof. Menachem Elon
Reprinted with permission from “Crossroads: Halacha and the Modern World, Vol. III,” Published by Zomet Institute (Alon Shvut-Gush Etzion, Israel)
Marriage/Divorce
- “Getting a Gett in Australian Courts”
Andrew Strum - “Jewish Divorce and the Role of Beit Din”
by Rabbi Jonathan Reiss - “The Ketubah in America”
by Rabbi Michael Broyde and Rabbi Jonathan Reiss
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society (2004) 47:101-124 - Error in the Creation of Jewish Marriages: Under what Circumstances Can Error in the Creation of a Marriage Void the Marriage without Requiring aGet according to Halacha
Michael J. Broyde - “A Legal Guide to the Prenuptial Agreement for Couples about to Be Married”
Marc D. Stern
Note: Please see the Halachic Forms section for the prenuptial agreement referenced in this article. - “A Suggested Antenuptial Agreement: A Proposal in Wake of Avitzur“
Rabbi J. David Bleich
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. VII - “The New York State Get Bill and its Halachic Ramifications”
Rabbi Chaim Malinowitz
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. XXVII - “The New York Get Law: An Exchange”
Rabbi Chaim Z. Malinowitz
Tradition Magazine (Summer 1997) - “The New York Get Law: An Exchange”
Michael J. Broyde
Tradition Magazine (Summer 1997) - “Comments on the New York State ‘Get Law'”
Rabbi Gedalia Dov Schwartz
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. XXVII
Mediation/ArbitrationPlease see Arbitration/MediationMedicine/Health
- “The “Halachic Health Care Proxy” Insurance Policy With Unique Benefits”
by Chaim Dovid Zwiebel - “Stem Cell Research in Jewish Law”
by Daniel Eisenberg, MD - “Dental Emergencies on the Sabbath”
by Rabbi Moshe David Tendler and Dr. Fred Rosner - “The Brain Death Controversy in Jewish Law”
by Rabbi Yitzchok A. Breitowitz - “Government-Mandated Healthcare: Halakha and Social Policy”
Chaim Apfel
This article was printed in Volume 3 of Verapo Yerape. Republished with permission - End of Life Choices in Halacha
Daniel Eisenberg, MD - Medical Informed Consent in Jewish Law – from the Patient’s Side
Daniel Eisenberg, MD - “Cloning People and Jewish Law: A Preliminary Analysis”
Rabbi Michael J. Broyde - “How A Rabbi Decides A Medical Halacha Issue”
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz - “Physician – Assisted Suicide: A Halachic Approach”
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz - “Physician-Assisted Suicide Under Jewish Law”
Prof. Steven H. Resnicoff - “The Right to Die: A Halachic Approach”
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz - “The Preembryo in Halacha”
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz - “AIDS: A Jewish Perspective”
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz - “The Brain Death Controversy in Jewish Law”
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz - “The Ethics of Using Medical Data From Nazi Experiments”
Baruch C. Cohen - “Physicians’ Strikes and Jewish Law”
Fred Rosner, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. XXV - “The Use of Cryopreserved Sperm and Pre-embryos In Contemporary Jewish Law and Ethics”
Richard V. Grazi, MD; Joel B. Wolowelsky, Ph.D.
Assisted Reproductive Technology-Andrology, 8:53-61 (1995).
Miscellaneous
- “Jews, Public Policy and Civil Rights: A Religious Jewish Perspective”
by Rabbi Michael Broyde, Esq. - “”So One May Live” — Siamese Twins”
Unpublished Responsum by Rav Moshe Feinstein zt”l; translated and annotated by Rabbi Moshe Dovid Tendler - “The Obligation of Jews to Seek Observance of Noachide Laws by Gentiles: A Theoretical Review”
by Rabbi Michael J. Broyde - “Theft of Art During World War II: Its Legal and Ethical Consequences, The Jewish Perspective”
by Prof. Steven H. Resnicoff - “Understanding The Mitzvah of Hesped”
by Yitzchak Kasdan - “Ideal Occupations: The Talmudic Perspective”
by Hershey H. Friedman - “Placing a Stumbling Block Before the Blind Person: An In-Depth Analysis”
by Hershey H. Friedman, PhD - “The Simple Life: The Case Against Ostentation in Jewish Law”
by Hershey H. Friedman - “Improving Employer-Employee Relationships: A Biblical and Talmudic Perspective on Human Resource Management”
by Gordon Cohn, Ph.D. and Hershey H. Friedman, Ph.D. - “Stealing To Save Someone’s Life”
Charles J. Harary - “Does Ariel Sharon Consult His Rabbi?”
How Israeli Responses To Terrorism Are Justified Under Jewish Law
David Rosen - “Daat Torah (PDF)”
Rabbi Alfred S. Cohen
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. XLV - “Observations On And Beyond Rabbi Alfred Cohen’s “Daat Torah””
by Yitzchak Kasdan - “Simplicity, the blind borrower and neuroeconomics”
Roger J Lister MA (Oxford) PhD (Salford) FCA ATII
Visiting Professor of Finance, Salford University, UK - “Respect for G-d’s World: The Biblical and Rabbinic Foundations of Environmentalism”
Hershey H. Friedman, Ph.D. & Yehuda L. Klein, Ph.D. - “Tithing and Business Profits: The Issue of Depreciation and Other Expenses”
Roger J. Lister MA (Oxford) PhD FCA CTA
Visiting Professor, University of Salford, U.K. - “Human Dignity and the Jewish Tradition”
Hershey H. Friedman, Ph.D.
Professor of Business and Marketing - “Why Is This Tenant Different from Other Tenants? Representing a Tenant with a Kosher Business”
Jack S. Levey
Originally published in Vol. 22 No. 4 of Probate & Property, July/August 2008 - “Fighting the War and the Peace: Battlefield Ethics, Peace Talks, Treaties, and Pacifism in the Jewish Tradition”
Michael J. Broyde, Esq. - “Forming Religious Communities and Respecting Dissenter’s Rights: A Jewish Tradition Model for a Modern Society”
Michael J. Broyde, Esq. - “The Desecration of Graves in Eretz Yisrael: The Struggle to Honor the Dead and Preserve Our Historical Legacy”
Rabbi Yitzchok Breitowitz - “Jewish Law and Modern Business Structures: The Corporate Paradigm”
Michael J. Broyde & Steven H. Resnicoff - English Source and Reference Material for Various Halachic Issues Relating to Secular Law
Ira (Yitzchak) Kasdan, Esq.
Rabbinic Counseling and Confidentiality
- “An Overview Of Halakhic And Legal Issues”
Rabbi Michael J. Broyde, Esq., Rabbi Yona Reiss, Nathan Diament, Esq.
Property Law
- “Finders Keepers? First Impressions and Ancient Wisdom”
by Harris Ominsky - “Severance Pay for Yeshiva Day School Employees”
by Rabbi Michael Broyde
from Ten Daat - “The Return of Lost Property According to Jewish & Common Law: A Comparison”
Rabbi Michael J. Broyde, Esq. & Rabbi Michael Hecht
Prisoner Rights
- “Incarceration as a Modality of Punishment”
Charles J. Harary, Esq. - “A Torah Perspective On Incarceration As a Modality of Punishment and Rehabilitation”
Rabbi Sholom D. Lipskar
School Vouchers
- How School Vouchers Can Win In The Supreme Court – Distinguishing ‘What’ From ‘How’ In Aid To Religious Schools
Nathan Lewin
Wills, Trusts & Estates
- “Bank Accounts, CD’s Bonds, Life Insurance Plans and Stocks: Reoi or Muchzak”
Rabbi David Grossman
From Umka Dedeno, Published by The Institute for Dayanim in 2005 in Jerusalem - “Halachic Aspects of Estate Planning”
Rabbi Joseph Perelman
From Umka Dedeno, Published by The Institute for Dayanim in 2005 in Jerusalem - “Reintroducing the Shtar Chatzi Zochor: A Halachic Method of Bequeathing to a Daughter”
Rabbi Yehonoson Dovid Hool
From Umka Dedeno, Published by The Institute for Dayanim in 2005 in Jerusalem - “An Introduction to Umka Dedeno”
From Umka Dedeno, Published by The Institute for Dayanim in 2005 in Jerusalem - “Resolving the Conflict Between Jewish and Secular Estate Law”
Benjamin C. Wolf
Hofstra Law Review - “Estate Planning, Wills, and Halachah”
Rabbi Ari Marburger
A Practical Guide to Hilchos Yerusha - “Halacha and the Conventional Last Will and Testament”
Judah Dick
Journal of Halacha and Contemporary Society, Vol. III - “Kosher Revocable Trusts: The Jerusalem Trust Form”
Jonathan Porat