Rachel Levmore
By Rachel Levmore
-
Life How Israel’s New Coalition Agreement Affects the Rabbinate
Israeli Rabbinical Court Judges, in accordance with Orthodox tradition, are all men. These Judges wield enormous power, in accordance with Israeli civil law, granted to them by the Knesset. The law states that Israeli State Rabbinical Courts have sole jurisdiction in determining the fate of all of Israel’s residents who are Jewish or wish to…
-
Life How the Fast of Esther Became International Agunah Day
Image by Jeff Belmonte, via Wikimedia Commons They say that history repeats itself. They say that human nature never changes. They say that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All these phrases which do or do not express common wisdoms do actually come together when examining the connection between Ta’anit Esther (the fast of…
-
Life Is ‘Gett’ a Realistic Portrayal of Israeli Divorce?
Viviane (Ronit Elkabetz), Carmel (Menashe Noy) and Shimon (Sasson Gabay) in GETT. Courtesy of Music Box Films At first glance the subtitle of siblings Shlomi and Ronit Elkabetz’s new film “Gett: The Trial of Viviane Amsalem” seems odd. The film, after all, is about the divorce proceedings for Viviane (Ronit Elkabetz) and her husband (Simon…
-
Opinion Should the Government ‘Get’ Involved?
On a cold Saturday night in March 2007, the Jewish community of Silver Spring, Md., listened to a Jewish member of the Maryland legislature, Senator Jamie Raskin, explain why he had cast a deciding vote against a proposed “get law.” The bill, based on the precedent of an earlier New York law, would demand that…
Most Popular
- 1
Opinion I’m a UCLA professor. Why didn’t the administration stop last night’s egregious violence?
- 2
Fast Forward Marjorie Taylor Greene says she opposed antisemitism bill because it rejects ‘Gospel’ that ‘the Jews’ handed Jesus to executioners
- 3
Opinion I teach Israel studies at NYU. We are importing the worst of Israel and Palestine to our campuses
- 4
Fast Forward Why top Democrats oppose bipartisan bill targeting antisemitism in universities
In Case You Missed It
-
Culture This 100-year-old Jewish activist is speaking up again — this time about Gaza
-
Fast Forward How Jews plan to mark Yom HaShoah 7 months after the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust
-
Sports The Jewish Sport Report: Is BYU building a Jewish football dynasty?
-
Fast Forward Columbia’s president releases a video addressing decision to call police to campus