A German town needed to relocate a medieval graveyard to build a parking garage. A positive side effect: Scientists got to sequence the DNA of Ashkenazi Jews who lived more than 600 years ago.
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The Jewish holiday of Purim, being celebrated on March 17 this year, has an interesting tradition of satirizing life in yeshivas.
‘Heartbeat’ abortion laws like the one enacted in Texas are often based on particular Christian views, but there are many religious perspectives on abortion. What do Jewish texts say?
Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur are quintessentially Jewish holidays, but an ethicist argues that their values around becoming a better human being, transcend any one religion.
An expert explains that many of the foundational Jewish texts assert that a fetus does not attain the status of personhood until birth.
We underestimate the power of language to divide and to bring people closer together, scholars say.
Under Jewish law the preservation of human life is a cardinal commandment: both suicide and self-endangerment are forbidden.
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Professor of Jewish Studies, Interim Academic Dean and Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Chicago Theological Seminary
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Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Lecturer on Bioethics & Humanities at SUNY Upstate Medical University; and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Tufts University School of Medicine; Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, Psychiatric Times., Tufts University
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Professor of Linguistics, University of South Carolina
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Wolff Fellow in Jewish Law; Visiting Professor of Law, Fordham University
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Dag Hammarskjold Professor in International Affairs Emeritus, University of South Carolina
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President and Professor of American Jewish History, Gratz College
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Associate Professor of Population and Statistical Genetics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
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Professor of Genetics and of Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University
