"#Berkowitz, now the chair of #Jewish studies and a #professor of #religion at #BarnardCollege, the path between pre-adolescent #vegetarianism and ancient legal texts was neither straight nor obvious. But the throughline is what she explores in her new #book about #animalkinship and #Jewishlaw. “What Animals Teach Us About Families” insists that animals are living beings with family relationships of their own.

What’s more, Jewish laws about treating animals invite a conversation about these relationships and what they mean to leading a commanded and #ethicallife.

It’s the rare book of Jewish #scholarship that cites “#Bambi” and “#FindingNemo” alongside the #Babylonian #Talmud and the first-century #philosopher #Philo, and that includes a chapter on what readers can do to ensure that animals are treated more humanely.

“The #Bible’s animal-family laws do not protect animal families so much as sensitize us to their presence,” Berkowitz writes."

https://www.jta.org/2026/02/01/ideas/why-jewish-law-cares-about-mother-birds-and-baby-goats-and-the-ethics-of-animal-families

A Brief Look at #Authoritarianism and #Totalitarianism Through a Perspective of #JewishLaw and Tradition

Perspectives on Authoritarianism and Totalitarianism from Literature, #Philosophy, #Law, and #History (Marko Trajkovic, ed., 2025)

6 Pages Posted: 18 Nov 2025
Samuel J. Levine
Touro University - Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=5624850

#Chancen | Position eines*r Assistant/Associate Professor Jewish Thought an der University of California, Berkeley zu besetzen | Details: https://www.jewishstudies.de/de/nachrichten/assistantassociate-professor-jewish-thought-university-of-california-berkeley/

#philosophy #professor #jewishphilosophicaltradition #jewishlaw #jewishthought

Deadline for applications: October 15, 2025

Why This Rosh Hashanah Is the Year 5,786

As Jews around the world prepare to celebrate Rosh Hashanah this Monday night, marking the beginning of the…
#NewsBeep #News #Headlines #Bible #IL #Israel #Jewishculture #Jewishholidays #Jewishlaw #Judaism #RoshHashanah
https://www.newsbeep.com/137054/

Isaiah 7:14: Unveiling the True Prophecy Meaning

Isaiah 7:14's prophecy, intended solely for the House of David, portrays a relatable Messiah, born fully human and under Jewish law, challenging traditional interpretations. We explore its context and implications. #Isaiah714 #BiblicalProphecy #MessianicProphecy #HouseOfDavid #JewishLaw #ScriptureStudy #BibleInterpretation #ChristianTheology #Messiah #HiddenTruths from Christic Academy

https://christicacademy.wordpress.com/2025/05/28/isaiah-714-unveiling-the-true-prophecy-meaning/

This is a really interesting discussion about the government's judicial overhaul program. I found Prof Porat's discussion about how our High Court could apply Jewish law to resolve some of the issues caused by our lack of a constitution to be really interesting. 🤔

"What Matters Now to Jewish Law Prof. Benny Porat: Common ground as titans clash | The Times of Israel"

https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-matters-now-to-jewish-law-prof-benny-porat-common-ground-as-titans-clash/

> A resident of a West Bank settlement city, the Hebrew U prof. is a vocal opponent of the coalition's judicial overhaul. Hear how 2,000 years of Jewish law shapes his thinking

#Israel #JudicialReform #JewishLaw

I thought I had a pretty good understanding of kosher law and food buying, but I actually learned quite a bit with this Frum It Up video on going grocery shopping as an Orthodox Jew.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJKsjgRGTLA

#kosher #kashrut #mazeldon #jewdiverse #JewishLaw

EDIT: Sorry, I had the wrong video originally!

In #halakhah there never was a mandatory 6 hour wait time between eating milk and meat. That idea is a more recent (1500's) chumra חומרה (stringency.) People of course may follow this, but they should also know the history. Ashkenazi Orthodox insist on this waiting time as binding. Other Jews disagree.

Details here. Iyun Halacha, Vol. 4, Issue 2, 5782/2021, Denver Kollel

https://www.denverkollel.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/waitingbetweenmeatandmilk.pdf

@mazeldon #kashrut #chumrot #Jewishlaw #kosher