Featuring: Rabbi Michael Chernick Responses by: Rabbi Elliot Dorff Rabba Sara Hurwitz Rabbi Daniel Siegel Rabbi Mark Washofsky Rabbi Deborah Waxman By Rabbi Michael Chernick Professor Emeritus of Rabbinic Literature HUC-JIR/New York Background In its discussion of divorce in Deuteronomy 24:1-2 the Torah frames the entire procedure in the masculine … [Read more...] about Halakhic Pre-Nuptial Agreements: Why Are They Needed? How Do They Work? Do They Work Here and Abroad?
Three Points on the Halakhic Prenup
Featuring: Rabbi Michael Chernick Responses by: Rabbi Elliot Dorff Rabba Sara Hurwitz Rabbi Daniel Siegel Rabbi Mark Washofsky Rabbi Deborah Waxman By Rabbi Mark Washofsky Solomon B. Freehof Professor of Jewish Law and Practice HUC-JIR/Cincinnati Rabbi Michael Chernick, my colleague at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, has offered a … [Read more...] about Three Points on the Halakhic Prenup
A Conservative Response to the Orthodox Prenuptial Agreement
Featuring: Rabbi Michael Chernick Responses by: Rabbi Elliot Dorff Rabba Sara Hurwitz Rabbi Daniel Siegel Rabbi Mark Washofsky Rabbi Deborah Waxman By Rabbi Elliot Dorff, Chair Rabbinical Assembly’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards Rabbi Chernick has done a masterful job in describing the prenuptial agreement now in use in some segments of the … [Read more...] about A Conservative Response to the Orthodox Prenuptial Agreement
My concerns with pre-nuptials and civil marriage in Israel as solutions
Featuring: Rabbi Michael Chernick Responses by: Rabbi Elliot Dorff Rabba Sara Hurwitz Rabbi Daniel Siegel Rabbi Mark Washofsky Rabbi Deborah Waxman By Rabbi Daniel Siegel Founding Director, Integral Halachah Institute ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal (Canada) As a new member of RRFEI, I am honoured by the opportunity to contribute to this learned … [Read more...] about My concerns with pre-nuptials and civil marriage in Israel as solutions
The equal opportunity to practise Judaism according every individual’s beliefs in Israel
The vision of Hiddush and the Rabbis for Religious Freedom and Equality in Israel opens with these words: Imagine an Israel where Judaism blossoms in all its nuanced shades and colors; where religious and secular movements flourish side-by-side and those who explore beyond Judaism in search of meaning are able to forge new spiritual paths within Judaism. We are the only … [Read more...] about The equal opportunity to practise Judaism according every individual’s beliefs in Israel