The synagogue argues that Florida’s abortion policy enshrines into law conservative Christian teachings about when life begins. Daphne Lazar Price, who teaches Jewish law at Georgetown, said that "in Jewish law, or halacha, a fetus becomes a person at birth - not at conception, not at a certain number of weeks."
Ma’an – August 6, 2015 JERUSALEM – The leader of a Jewish extremist group in Israel allegedly called for arson attacks on churches in front of Israeli students, Israeli media reported on Thursday. Benzi Gopstein, leader of anti-Arab group Lehava, allegedly called for the burning of churches at a panel held this week for Jewish […]
Image: Sheldon Adelson, left, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Photo by Tess Scheflan
Multi-billionaire and casino tycoon Sheldon Adelson was forthright when he said recently ‘(God) didn’t talk about Israel remaining as a democratic state … Israel isn’t going to be a democratic state … so what?’
