In her recent New York Times article, Judith Shulevitz expresses concern about the new proposed affirmative consent laws, what is commonly referred to as “yes means yes” laws. Shulevitz seems most disturbed by the idea that to demand positive agreement to define consent within a sexual encounter will produce too much uncertainty and leave too…
Courtesy of Jessie Kornberg If you haven’t yet heard of the public interest law firm Bet Tzedek — the time has come. On December 1, Los Angeles attorney Jessie Kornberg was appointed as the organization’s next president and CEO. The San Francisco Bay Area native was chosen after a four-month search and will be the…
Israeli officials hit back at U.S. criticism of their country’s proposed “Jewish state” law. “I say to the Americans, we will manage Israel’s affairs,” Israeli Economy Minister Naftali Bennett of the right-wing Jewish Home party told Army Radio on Tuesday. “In the end it’s our problem, it’s a domestic problem and I don’t think anyone…
European rabbis called on governments throughout the continent to pass laws that target specifically hate speech against Jews. The call was made in a resolution passed Thursday by the standing committee of the Conference European Rabbis, or CER, which convened this week met in Tbilisi, Georgia. “We call on additional countries to follow the example…
In the days before his murder, Florida law professor Dan Markel was hired as a legal consultant in an explosive New Jersey divorce extortion case involving several Orthodox rabbis. Markel, who was gunned down outside his Tallahassee, Florida home on July 18, had been in touch with Rabbi Martin Wolmark, one of ten men arrested…
The three weeks that have passed since the murder of Florida law professor Dan Markel have done little to lift the shroud of mystery surrounding the case. A brilliant legal mind deeply immersed in the life of his local Jewish community in Tallahassee, Markel is still being mourned by friends and colleagues who already miss…
A internet fund to benefit the sons of slain Florida law professor Dan Markel has been flooded with more than $54,000 dollars in donations, surpassing its initial goal. Markel, who was ambushed and shot to death July 18 as he pulled into the driveway of his Tallahassee home, left behind two sons, Benjamin and Lincoln….
It took an ambulance a shocking 19 minutes to reach law professor Dan Markel as he lay dying in his car from a gunshot wound after a neighbor called 911. Despite the frantic calls for help, emergency dispatchers mistakenly assigned the incident a low priority — meaning even police failed to arrive until 15 minutes…
