Week 5: Jewish Law in the State of Israel
Required Reading (BA and MA)
Sinclair, D.B., "Jewish Law in the State of Israel" in An Introduction to the History and Sources of Jewish Law, ch.15; see also Novak at 390-92
Required Reading (MA)
Englard, I., "Religious Freedom and Jewish Tradition in Modern Israeli Law - A Clash of Ideologies" in Religion and Law, Biblical-Judaic and Islamic Perspectives, ed. E.B. Firmage, B.G. Weiss and J.W. Welch (Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 1990), pp.365-375; response by Wallace at 377-385 (Blue, Flr 4, 220.834/F10)
Further Reading
Chigier, M., "The Rabbinical Courts in the State of Israel", Israel Law Review 2 (1967), 147-181 (Per.Law: Red 3 ISRAEL)
Elon, M., "More About Research in Jewish Law", in B.S. Jackson, ed., Modern Research in Jewish Law. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1980, 66-111 (The Jewish Law Annual, Supplement 1) (Blue 4, 349.33/J2)
Elon, M., "The Sources and Nature of Jewish Law and its Application in the State of Israel", Israel Law Review 4 (1969), Pt. IV (Per.Law: Red 3 ISRAEL)
Elon, M., Jewish Law, History, Sources, Principles (Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society, 1994), vol IV (Blue 4, 349.33/E1)
Englard, I. Religious Law in the Israel Legal System. Jerusalem: Harry Sacher Institute for Legislative Research and Comparative Law, 1975 (BSJ; order; see also review by Jackson, American Journal of Comparative Law 25 (l977), l76-l84 (Per Law: Red3 AMERICAN)
Englard, I., "Research in Jewish Law: its Nature and Function", in B.S. Jackson, ed., Modern Research in Jewish Law. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1980, 21-65 (The Jewish Law Annual, Supplement 1) (Blue 4, 349.33/J2)
Falk, Z., "Religion and State: The Israeli Experience", in S.M. Passamaneck and M. Finley, eds., The Paris Conference Volume (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1994: Jewish Law Association Studies, VII), pp.51-58 (Blue 4, 349.33/J1)
Lahav, P., "Jewish Law in Zionist Ideology" (typescript: ask BSJ)
Lifshitz, B., "Israeli Law and Jewish Law - Interaction and Independence", Israel Law Review 24 (1990), 507-524 (Per.Law: Red 3 ISRAEL)
Maoz, A., "Enforcement of Rabbinical Court Judgments in Israel", Dine Israel 13-14 (1986-88), 7-30 (BSJ)
Meron, Y., "Practical Application of The Foundations of Law Act", Jewish Law Annual VIII (1989), 159-190 (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
Rackman, E., "Jewish Law in the State of Israel - Reflections from History", Dine Israel 6 (1975), vii-xxiv (BSJ)
Rakover, N., Modern Applications of Jewish Law, Vol. I pp. 5-87 (Jerusalem: Library of Jewish Law, 1992, 2 vols.), Short Loan 349.33/R3
Shava, M., "The Nature and Scope of Jewish Law in Israel as Applied in Civil Courts as Compared with its Application in the Rabbinical Courts", The Jewish Law Annual V (1985), 3-24 (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
Shifman, P., "Family Law in Israel: The Struggle Between Religious and Secular Law", Israel Law Review 24 (1990), 537-552 (Per.Law: Red 3 ISRAEL)
Shochetman, E., "Israeli Law and Jewish Law - Interaction and Independence: A Commentary", Israel Law Review 24 (1990), 525-536 (Per.Law: Red 3 ISRAEL)
Shochetman, E., "Rabbi Isaac Herzog's Theory of Torah and State", in B.S. Jackson, ed., The Halakhic Thought of R. Isaac Herzog (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1991: Jewish Law Association Studies, V), 113-125 (Blue 4, 349.33/J7)
Sinclair, D.B., "The Fundamentals of Law Bill, 5738-1978", The Jewish Law Annual III (1980), 165-169 (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
Warhaftig, Z., "Rabbi Herzog and Rabbinic Legislation",
in B.S. Jackson, ed., The Halakhic Thought of R. Isaac Herzog (Atlanta:
Scholars Press, 1991: Jewish Law Association Studies, V), 21-32 (Blue 4,
349.33/J7)
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