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Religious Law
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Religion Clause
NY Court Dismisses Suit by Parishes Challenging their Bishop’s Decision to Close Them
In Rozak v Diocese of Buffalo, (NY Erie County Sup. Ct., Sept. 26, 2025), a number of Catholic parishes sued the Diocese of Buffalo in an attempt to prevent the Bishop…
Family Law Prof Blog
Rothschild: “The Right to Exit Religion”
By Family Law
Zalman Rothschild (Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) has recently posted to SSRN his paper, The Right to Exit Religion, forthcoming Georgetown Law Journal. Here is the…
The Faculty Lounge
CFP: Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy
This just in: Islamic and Jewish Law in the Modern Economy”Islamic and Jewish Legal Scholars Symposium May 5 & 6, 2025University of Villanova School of Law, Villanova, Pennsylvania Description: The…
The EX-Files
“I Want to Break Free” – Women, Divorce & the Coming War
Around March 20, 2024 – befitting of Women’s History Month – some 800 ultra-Orthodox Jewish Women began a sex strike in New York City, protesting in large part the application…
Religion Clause
Court Enforces Arbitration Award Requiring Husband to Furnish Jewish Bill of Divorce
In S.I. v. M.I., (NJ App., March 22, 2024), a New Jersey state appellate court held that a husband was required to comply with an arbitration agreement he had signed that…
NJ Family Legal Blog
Jewish Divorce Talk Season 1 Recap: A Season of Insights
By Eliana Baer
As I look back on the thought-provoking and insightful journey that was Season 1 of the "Jewish Divorce Talk" podcast, I am struck by the depth and breadth of the…
Legal Profession Blog
Gets And the Law
It has been a busy week for decisions involving the get - a Jewish bill of divorce.The New Jersey Appellate Division reversed a restraining order against a separated wife who…
Sanns Mediation
What is a Get in a Jewish Divorce?
Gotta get a get? What exactly is a get? In a divorce involving a Jewish couple, a get is the document that grants the Jewish part of the divorce. Marriages…
Religion Clause
Break-Away Faction In Church of God Not Entitled To Property Ownership
In Blue v. Church of God Sanctified, Inc., (TN App., June 27, 2022), a Tennessee state appellate court held that in a property dispute between a break-away faction of a local…
Family Law Prof Blog
The Ability to Remarry and the Validity of “Get”
By Family Law
From The Jerusalem Post:In a rare ruling, the Jerusalem Rabbinical Court issued a decision last week stating that a man who publicly stated that the "get" (religious divorce document) he…