Jack Lew and the Power of Shabbat
Jack Lew is an observant Orthodox Jew. He is also President Barack Obama’s new chief of staff. How will he balance serving the nation and observing shabbat?
British Court, Jewish Dilemma
Britain’s Supreme Court has weighed in on the thorny question of Jewish identity. By a 5-4 vote on December 16, the judges upheld an earlier court ruling that publicly funded Jewish schools in Britain could not admit students by what it deemed to be ethnic considerations. Such schools, said the court, had to look beyond the Jewishness of an applicant’s mother when determining admissions. From now on, questions of religious practice and commitment must come into play.