- August 27, 2010
Demystifying the Parsonage Exclusion from Federal Income Tax
Judah I. Kupfer, Esq.
- September 11, 2003
Letter from Agudath Israel to President Bush re: Jonathan Pollard
- May 16, 2003
Yarmulkes in the Courtroom
- March 9, 2003
Jewish Day School May Proceed With New Construction
by Daniel Pollack
- December 18, 2002
Lawsuit Against Jewish Children’s Bureau of Chicago May Proceed
by Daniel Pollack
- November 19, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals: Preliminarily Upholds Tenanfly Eruv
- November 1, 2002
Sieger v. Sieger
Motion to Intervene Dismissed
- May 23, 2002
Agudath Israel Reacts to Kosher Laws Ruling
- April 16, 2002
Beerheide v. Suthers
Tenth Circuit Upholds Decision Ordering Colorado Department of Corrections to Provide Kosher Meals to Prisoners
- February 4, 2002
U.S. Court of Appeals: Religious Studies Tuition Payments Not Tax-Deductible
News from Agudath Israel of America
- December 9, 2001
Rabbis Can’t Be Sued For Revealing Congregant’s Confidences
Agudah Press Release
- July 22, 2001
Lieber v. Diamantstein (Sur. Ct. Kings Co., 2001): Beth Din Decision
- May 16, 2001
New NY Get Case — Gindi v. Gindi
- April 11, 2001
Persad v. Halram – Court Upholds Religious Marriage in Absence of Marriage License
- January 16, 2001
Agudath Israel letter re: Ashcroft nomination
- January 4, 2001
Dismissal of Yale Students’ Lawsuit Upheld
- January 4, 2001
‘Lightman v. Flaum’ Case Reversed
- January 4, 2001
Agudath Israel letter to President Clinton re: Pollard
- August 1, 2000
The Aleph Institute’s Center for Halacha and American Law, a sponsor of JLaw.com, has recently sponsored (in part) the Artscroll publication, “The Ethical Imperative: Torah Perspectives on Ethics and Values,” edited by Rabbi Nisson Wolpin
- May 8, 2000
Giahn v. Giahn (Sup Ct. NY) New York Supreme Court judge awards woman damages in case when husband had withheld her get
- February 21, 2000
Sieger v. Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States & Canada
New York Supreme Court refuses to dismiss claims against Rabbis participating in a Rabbinical Court
- February 21, 2000
Fleming v. City of Boston/Boston Public Library
Re: Employment Law: Religious Discrimination/Paid Leave for Holidays
- February 9, 2000
CIA Official’s Televised Comments Outrage Orthodox Community
- November 23, 1999
Bombshell in Italian Custody Battle: Father Revealed as Convert to Catholicism
- November 23, 1999
Matter of Stein (Stein) — Court Refuses to Uphold Beis Din Decision
- May 9, 1999
Sequel to Lightman v. Flaum re: Confidentiality
— Defendants’ Counsel Disqualified
- February 19, 1999
Statement by Rabbi Michael Broyde
- December 3, 1998
Lightman v. Flaum — Rabbi held liable for breach of fiduciary duty not to disclose confidences.
- July 31, 1998
Yale Lawsuit Dismissed; Students to Appeal.
- June 4, 1998
Supreme Court Decision re American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC).
- May 18, 1998
New Cases re Religious Freedom Restoration Act (“RFRA”).
- February 21, 1998
New Heter Iska case, reported by Larry Kobrin, Esq.
- January 21, 1998
Recent, reported case, “Carlson v. Carlson” re: a parent’s obligation to pay for study in Israel as part of a divorce settlement.
- September 16, 1997
A Jewish Law Forum participant forwarded the following Religious Guidelines as released by the White House — Office of the Press Secretary.
- September 3, 1997
A Jewish Law Forum participant reports that the July ’97 ABA JOURNAL, at page 44, mentions Ashelman v. Wawraszek, Nos. 95-15071 and 95-15168 (9th Cir., 1997), regarding Arizona’s policy of providing Orthodox Jewish prisoners with one Kosher meal per day plus nonkosher alternatives. The Court found that this policy violated the prisoners’ rights under the First Amendment Free Exercise Clause.