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Michael A. Helfand

Michael A. Helfand

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.

A protester holds a sign saying "Abortion bans are against my religion" at the May 2022 Jewish Rally For Abortion Justice in Washington, D.C. (Photo/JTA-Anna Moneymaker via Getty)
Posted inOpinion

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

Michael A. Helfand by Michael A. Helfand April 11, 2024April 11, 2024

(JTA) — Since the Supreme Court’s 2022 decision Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the right to abortion is no longer protected by the Fourteenth Amendment. But that seismic constitutional change […]

the supreme court under a blue sky, flag waving
Posted inOpinion

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

Michael A. Helfand by Michael A. Helfand and JTA June 22, 2022
(Photo/Pixy.org CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Posted inUncategorized

Is the Christmas tree a religious symbol under the law? What about a menorah?

Michael A. Helfand by Michael A. Helfand and Forward December 15, 2021December 17, 2021
Members of the Chabad-Lubavitch Hasidic community in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, pray outside in a makeshift synagogue. (Photo/JTA-Roy Rochlin-Getty Images)
Posted inAnalysis

The Supreme Court ruling on Covid reopenings and religious liberty, explained

Michael A. Helfand by Michael A. Helfand and JTA December 3, 2020December 3, 2020

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