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David H. Webber

Apr 22, 2026, 9:05 AM

The shared ground beneath Jewry’s secular-religious schism

Illustrative: An ultra-Orthodox Jewish man speaks with with a non-religious person during a demonstration in central Jerusalem. Monday, Aug 01, 2011. (Kobi Gideon / Flash90)

At my aunt’s funeral, my secular Israeli cousins rejected religion — but they instinctively chose a Jewish goodbye. There's a lesson in that

About Me

David H. Webber is Professor of Law and Paul M. Siskind Research Scholar at Boston University School of Law. He is also pursuing rabbinic ordination at The Shalom Hartman Institute. He lives outside Boston with his wife and three children.