Week 7: Jewish Identity
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, pp.401-406
Jackson, B.S., "Who is a Jew?: Some Semiotic Observations on a Judgment of the Israel Supreme Court", International Journal for the Semiotics of Law VI/17 (1993), 115-146 (partially extracted below); (Per Int Law: Red 3 INTERNATIONAL)
Required Reading (MA)
Bleich, J.D., "Who Is a Jew?", The Jewish Law Annual II (1979), 199-203 (Per.Religion: Blue 4, JEWISH)
Edelman, M., "Who is an Israeli?: Halachah and Citizenship in the Jewish State" (lecture typescript; ask BSJ)
Further Reading
Baer, N., "Who is a Jew? A Determination of Ethnic Status for Purposes of the Israeli Population Registry", Columbia J. of Transnational Law 10 (1971), 133-149 (on Shalit) (Per.Int.Law: Red 3 COL)
Bentwich, N., "The Application of Jewish Law in Palestine", Journal of Comparative Legislation 9 (1927), 59-67 (Store Journal)
Corinaldi, M., "Continuing Apostacy According to Halacha and the Law of Return", in E.A. Goldman, ed., The Jerusalem 1994 Conference Volume (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996: Jewish Law Association Studies, VIII), pp.55-64 (on order)
Eisenman, R.H., Islamic Law in Palestine and Israel. Leiden: Brill, 1978 (Main Lib., NE 297.6/E66)
Freehof, S.B., "Rashi on Apostates", in A Treasury of Responsa, ed. S.B. Freehof (Ktav, 1973, reprinted with The Responsa Literature), 17-22 (BSJ)
Kraines, O., The Impossible Dilemma: Who is a Jew in the State of Israel? NY: Bloch, 1976 (on order)
Nesis, L.S., "Who is a Jew?", Manitoba Law Journal 4 (1970), 53-88 (on Shalit) (ask BSJ)
Rakover, N., Modern Applications of Jewish Law, Vol.I, for extracts from judgments in Rufeisen (pp. 46-51) and Shalit (pp. 53-63) (Short Loan 349.33/R3)
Rayner, J.D., "Jewish Identity", in Jewish Religious Law. A Progressive Perspective (New York: Berghahn Books, 1998), 148-157 (on order)
Rosensweig, B., "Apostacy in the Ashkenazic Courts of the Late Middle Ages", Dine Israel 10-11 (1981-83), 43-80 (BSJ)
Schiffman, Lawrence H., Who was a Jew?: Rabbinic and Halakhic Perspectives on the Jewish-Christian Schism, Hoboken, N.J.: Ktav Publishing House, 1985, Blue 4, 296/S267
Selected Judgments of the Supreme Court of Israel, Special Volume, 1971 (Rufeisin (= "Brother Daniel") and Shalit judgments) ("in process")
Slovenko, R., "Brother Daniel and Jewish Identity",
St. Louis University Law Journal 9 (1964), 1-28 (ask BSJ)
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