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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 347

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Volunteer supporting woman dying of tumor in a hospital room. (iStock photo)
May 5, 2023, 8:00 am
Few Israelis plan for end-of-life care. A purple bracelet seeks to change that
Lilach hopes its brightly colored DNR bracelets will bring attention to the Dying Patient Act, helping spread awareness of choices adult Israelis can make when faced with death
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Laniado Hospital, also known as the Sanz Medical Center, in Kiryat Sanz in the coastal city of Netanya, March 26, 2020. (Gili Yaari / Flash90)
April 3, 2023, 4:10 am
Hospital confiscates pregnant woman’s cookies as new hametz law goes into effect
Guard at Netanya’s Laniado said to block entry over wafers, days before Passover starts; hospitals look to balance compliance with longstanding respect for all religious practices
By Renee Ghert-Zand
MK Simcha Rotman, chair of the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee, left, and committee legal adviser Gur Bligh, right, during a meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on January 30, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 30, 2023, 7:33 pm
Knesset law committee chair rejects his own legal adviser as ‘biased’
In stormy debate on controversial plans to overhaul judiciary, MK Simcha Rothman calls on Gur Bligh to retract opinion, sparking outcry from opposition lawmakers
By ToI Staff
Tom Ginsburg is the Leo Spitz Distinguished Service Professor of International Law at the University of Chicago. At right is the Israeli Supreme Court in Jerusalem. (Courtesy; Amir Yalon/Flickr Commons via JTA)
January 10, 2023, 3:23 am
A top US law professor worries Israel could become the next Hungary
Prof. Tom Ginsburg heads the Comparative Constitutions Project, which analyzes constitutions around the world – and his take on Israel’s proposed judicial reform isn’t very rosy
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the first Jewish woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court, talks with filmmaker David Grubin about his PBS series, 'The Jewish Americans,' on January 10, 2008 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)
May 14, 2021, 4:32 pm
In posthumously published book, Ruth Bader Ginsburg puts own stamp on her legacy
A personally chosen collection of favorite legal briefs, US Supreme Court opinions and dissents, and recent speeches aim to show how Jewish jurist fought for a more perfect union
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Constitutional law expert Harvard Law School professor Noah Feldman steps out of a hearing room during recess while testifying before the House Judiciary Committee on the constitutional grounds for the impeachment of US President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, December 4, 2019. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
January 16, 2020, 4:29 am
As impeachment moves ahead, prof who helped make case sees ‘archetype of abuse’
Harvard’s Noah Feldman, who explained ‘impeachability’ to House Judiciary Committee, says Founders backed mechanism out of fear leaders would do exactly what Trump is accused of
By Rich Tenorio
Yifat Bitton, co-founder and chair of Tmura, the Israeli Anti-Discrimination Center, gave the keynote address at the first-ever Mizrahi Legal Studies conference at Harvard Law School, held on December 10 and 11, 2019. (Rich Tenorio/ Times of Israel)
December 13, 2019, 12:56 am
Harvard hosts first-ever conference for emerging field of Mizrahi legal studies
Diverse speakers and listeners including Palestinians and Israelis, participate in inaugural confab for those seeking to curb inequality for Israel’s Middle Eastern Jews
By Rich Tenorio
Yoskeh and Nurit Marmurstein enjoy winter blossoms in Alumim, Israel, in 2012. (Courtesy of Yoskeh Marmurstein/via JTA)
June 27, 2019, 1:55 am
Late wife’s torment turns Israeli religious farmer into assisted suicide backer
After his terminally ill wife had to fly to Switzerland to end her suffering, Yoskeh Marmurstein is challenging a society that resists the burial of suicides in Jewish cemeteries
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Illustrative photo of books on sale in Jerusalem, June 15, 2011. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
June 19, 2019, 1:34 pm
Hebrew language academy approves 1,400 new words
Range of legal terms coined to replace use of English terms; some spiders and scorpions get new titles, including daddy longlegs
By Stuart Winer
Reform female and male rabbis pray together at Robinson's Arch, the Western Wall site slated for future egalitarian services, on February 25, 2016. (Y.R/Reform Movement)
June 19, 2017, 11:39 pm
Rabbinate and Haredi MKs ramp up bid to topple Western Wall mixed-gender plan
Ahead of government response to High Court on foot-dragging in building new plaza, Rabbinate seeks own lawyers, ultra-Orthodox parties demand ‘total cancellation’ of deal
By Marissa Newman
Alexandra Berger-Polsky
January 1, 2017, 3:14 pm
Alexandra Berger-Polsky
Keep your rabbis out of our uteruses!
It’s high time to trust women to make their own calls on abortion; MK Glick’s Monday statement ignores their rights instead
A sample biometric 'smart card' (photo credit: Lior Mizrahi/Flash 90)
December 27, 2016, 7:17 pm
Knesset committee extends biometric ID trial
2-month extension gives interior minister time to rewrite the law and do away with fingerprinting
By ToI Staff
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
December 2, 2016, 2:32 pm
Nathan Lopes Cardozo
The abuse of Halacha
Genesis’ story of the human condition establishes ethics and religious values as both safeguard and cornerstone of law
Covers of 'Stalag' pornographic comic books from early 1960s Israel (Courtesy: Heymann Films)
November 17, 2016, 4:29 am
When Israel banned Nazi-inspired ‘Stalag’ porn
As the Knesset prepares a bill to ‘filter’ Internet pornography, a peek at the Jewish state’s 1963 show-down with Holocaust-infused comics
By Matt Lebovic
Palestinian protesters throw stones at Israeli security forces at the Hawara checkpoint, south of the West Bank city of Nablus, October 11, 2015. (Flash90)
June 15, 2016, 9:52 pm
Knesset passes sweeping anti-terror reforms into law
New legislation mandates 3-5 year prison terms for supporters of terrorism, up to 15 years to anyone who aids attackers
By Marissa Newman and Raoul Wootliff
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