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Adoption as a legal institution is unknown in Jewish law. Suppression of parental identity, as generally occurs in closed adoption, is banned “lest the earth become filled with licentiousness” (Leviticus 19:29). Rabbinic tradition interprets that verse as expressing concern regarding the...
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The payment and receipt of interest is a violation of both Islamic and Jewish law. Yet, one cannot function without borrowing money, and one must pay for the privilege of doing so. Both Islamic and Jewish law have derived ways to allow payments which substitute for interest, without violating...
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—both sides of the culture wars have sought to claim the Jews as their own, and to paint those who disagree as distorting the true … commitments of the American Jewish community on religious liberty. And yet, the history of Jewish advocacy around religious …
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"Antisemitic stereotypes of Jews as capitalists have hindered research into the economic dimension of the Jewish past … central to Jewish life and the Jewish image in the world; Jews not only made money but spent money. This book is the first to … investigate the intersection between consumption, identity, and Jewish history in Europe. It aims to examine the role and place of …
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October 8-9, 2019, the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, marked a unique moment in the history of baseball and American … Judaism. Three Major League post-season games began between sundown Tuesday and sundown Wednesday. One team in each game … unique familial and cultural connection to Judaism. From this, we can measure whether players or teams are haunted by the …
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