Michael A. Helfand

is the Brenden Mann Foundation Chair in Law and Religion and Co-Director of the Nootbaar Institute for Law and Religion at Pepperdine Caruso School of Law; Visiting Professor and Oscar M. Ruebhausen Distinguished Fellow at Yale Law School; Senior Legal Advisor to the Orthodox Union’s Teach Coalition; and Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute.

From Michael A. Helfand

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Are charter schools public schools? The question that has divided educators now has religious implications.

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The battle over Louisiana’s Ten Commandments law is over the future of church-state separation

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An Indiana court ruled that Jews have a religious liberty right to abortion. Here’s why that matters.

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Groff v. DeJoy is the rare Supreme Court decision that every Jew can celebrate

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Can the state tell yeshivas what they can teach? Here’s what the courts may decide.

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The Supreme Court just made sure religious institutions won’t be left out of government funding

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The Supreme Court Did Not Give Synagogues a Green Light to Flout Covid Rules

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What does the Supreme Court decision actually change for synagogues in COVID hot spots? It’s complicated.

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New York Needs to Make its Covid Crackdown Standards Clearer

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To avoid the charge of anti-Semitism, New York needs to make its COVID crackdown standards clearer

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