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Jun 5, 2018, 10:57 PM

Duma: Coerced confessions through an American lens

Amiram Ben-Uliel, 21, was indicted on January 3, 2016, for murder in the killing of the Dawabsha family in Duma. (Courtesy)

The Shabak admits treating the suspects roughly -- their confessions would be inadmissible in a US court

Jan 15, 2018, 10:53 PM

13 outrages in the Rubashkin prosecution

The criminal prosecution of Sholom Rubashkin, whose 27-year prison sentence was commuted by President Trump on the eighth day of Chanukah after Rubashkin had served eight years and eight days, was the most outrageous criminal prosecution I have witnessed in more...

Sep 20, 2017, 6:49 PM

Participating in a same-sex wedding: Required or Forbidden

The friend-of-the-court brief I was drafting for the US Supreme Court on behalf of a coalition of American Orthodox Jewish organizations that combine and submit legal arguments under the tedious, self-important title “National Jewish Commission on Law and Public...

Aug 25, 2017, 2:05 AM

Donald Trump’s chance to be a hero in Jewish history

The president can transform his legacy by using his exclusive power to change US policy on Jerusalem's status

Jun 5, 2017, 6:59 PM

When justice is blind to anti-Semitism

The same US federal court that nixed Trump's travel ban as anti-Muslim ignores flagrant anti-Jewish discrimination

May 15, 2017, 11:44 PM

Jerusalem is Israel: A presidential order whose time has come

A view of the newly opened Mikveh Trail below Jerusalem's Old City walls. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

The president should do what the US Supreme Court said only he can do: decide that Jerusalem is inside Israel

Feb 15, 2017, 10:26 PM

The Settlements Law is defensible: A response to Irwin Cotler

View of the Knesset prior to the Regulation Bill vote on February 06, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Rebutting Irwin Cotler: The law adheres to the well-accepted principle of a government's power of eminent domain

Oct 31, 2016, 2:46 PM

America has greater respect than Israel for Sabbath-observing sportsmen

US sports programs adapted for kids who refused to compete on Shabbat; Israel’s Shooting Federation should too

Sep 13, 2016, 3:25 PM

How can victims of Palestinian terror be compensated?

The US Supreme Court repeatedly denies civil liability on foreign soil, so criminal prosecution is the way to go

Feb 15, 2016, 10:55 PM

The Supreme Court’s Jewish gentile: My memories of Justice Scalia

Memories of Justice Scalia, a classmate at Harvard, a friend, and (usually) a supporter of religious observance

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