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Apr 28, 2023, 1:19 AM

Justice Gorsuch: Do not abandon the Sabbath-observers

The usually polarized US Supreme Court had a brief moment of peaceful consensus during oral argument of a case brought by an evangelical Christian postal service employee who lost his job because he refused to deliver mail on Sundays....

Mar 26, 2023, 4:26 PM

Judges shouldn’t participate in appointing their successors

In the US, judges are left out of the process entirely – and history shows why there's good reason for that policy

Mar 2, 2022, 7:14 PM

‘What is kasher?’: Experiencing Jewish Ukraine under Soviet rule

Summer 1989. Mikhail Gorbachev had become the prime minister of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in May. He was opening the USSR to the West with “Glasnost” and “Perestroika.” My family and I visited the USSR and took...

Nov 25, 2021, 12:50 PM

Maine law discriminates against private schools for religious minorities

A classroom with empty chairs and desks. (Unsplash)

Why would Biden's Justice Department aggressively oppose the fight for religious liberty - unless it's simply out of spite for Trump?

Oct 15, 2021, 4:03 PM

A US consulate in Jerusalem states that Jerusalem is not in Israel

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the official opening ceremony of the US embassy in Jerusalem, on May 14, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

The US would 'deepen ties with Palestinians' if it provided accessible consular services in Ramallah, but there's no practical need for new services in Jerusalem

Oct 22, 2020, 12:52 PM

Judge Amy Coney Barrett has met Jews before

Supreme Court nominee Judge Amy Coney Barrett, meets with Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Miss., at the Capitol in Washington, on October 1, 2020. If confirmed, the 48-year-old appeals court judge would fill the seat of liberal Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who died last month. (Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP)

The US Supreme Court nominee joined my firm and worked on behalf of Hasidim and on my 'public menorah' team; I am confident that she'll uphold religious liberties for all

Mar 31, 2020, 1:08 AM

‘Unorthodox’ is a counterfeit $3 bill

Lots of reasons why I was eager to watch “Unorthodox” – the new Netflix series about a girl fleeing the Satmar community of Williamsburg. I identify as “Modern Orthodox,” but I represented Satmar’s Kiryas Joel in the Supreme Court...

Mar 6, 2020, 4:13 PM

Is a pending criminal charge grounds for disqualification in American law?

Opponents of Prime Minister Netanyahu are urging the Knesset to enact a law that would disqualify anyone charged with crime in Israel from forming a government. Because Netanyahu has been formally accused by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, he should...

May 28, 2019, 3:58 PM

Bribery charges against Netanyahu wouldn’t hold water in a US court

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit at a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 2, 2014. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bibi and Sara allegedly did favors in return for positive publicity. Under American law, such a quid pro quo is not a crime

Mar 22, 2019, 3:41 PM

Will Trump’s justice department protect Sabbath observers?

Detailed view of the front of the Supreme Court in Washington, DC. (iStock)

The Supreme Court may soon give a far broader interpretation to a law against job discrimination on account of religion

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Nathan Lewin is a Washington, D.C., attorney who specializes in religious freedom cases before the US Supreme Court.