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Survey of Recent Halakhic Literature: Of Tobacco, Snuff and Cannabis (Part I)
Spring 2022 Issue 54.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Literature: Coronavirus Queries (4): Assignment of Ventilators
Winter 2022 Issue 54.1
Fall 2021 Issue 53.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Literature: Trees and Plants: The Case of the Pineapple
Spring 2021 Issue 53.2
Coronavirus Queries (Part 2): Tuition Payment During a Pandemic; Gloves and Masks
Winter 2021 Issue 53.1
Fall 2020 Issue 52.4
Validity of DNA Evidence for Halakhic Purposes (Part 4): The “Jewish” Gene
Summer 2020 Issue 52.3
Validity of DNA Evidence for Halakhic Purposes (Part 3)
Spring 2020 Issue 52.2
Winter 2020 Issue 52.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Literature: Validity of DNA Evidence for Halakhic Purposes (Part 1)
Fall 2019 Issue 51.4
Summer 2019 Issue 51.3
Spring 2019 Issue 51.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Converts and Customs/ Diabetics and Shabbat
Spring 2019 Issue 51.1
Fall 2017 Issue 50.3
Survey Of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Instant Soup on Shabbat/ Judaism and Natural Law
Winter 2018 Issue 50.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Refrigerators on Shabbat
Spring 2017 Issue 50.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Disposition of Fertilized Ova
Fall 2016 Issue 49.3
Summer 2016 Issue 49.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Posthumous Paternity/ Money Found in a Sofa
Spring 2016 Issue 49.1
Survey Of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Mitochondrial DNA Replacement
Winter 2015 Issue 48.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Vaccination/ Money Found in an Automobile
Summer 2015 Issue 48.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: The Get of Zefat
Spring 2015 Issue 48.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Cadaveric Dental Implants
Summer 2017 Issue 50.2
Survey Of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Do The Deceased Enjoy Property Rights?
Summer 2014 Issue 47.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Treasure Trove and Kinyan Hazer
Spring 2014 Issue 47.1
Survey Of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Harvesting Wheat for Mazah
Fall 2013 Issue 46.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Chamez in Lake Kinneret and in the Croton Reservoir
Summer 2013 Issue 46.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Liability for Harm Caused by Metaphysical Forces
Spring 2013 Issue 46.1
Winter 2012 Issue 45.4
Resurrection and Personal Identity
Fall 2012 Issue 45.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Video Surveillance
Summer 2012 Issue 45.2
Spring 2012 Issue 45.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Spontaneous Generation and Halakhic Inerrancy
Winter 2011 Issue 44.4
Survey of Recent Halkhic Periodical Literature: May a Sabbath-Desecrator Drink Wine?
Fall 2011 Issue 44.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Entering a Non-Jewish House of Worship
Summer 2011 Issue 44.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Piscatorial Parasites
Spring 2011 Issue 44.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Laser Circumcision
Fall 2010 Issue 43.3
The Metaphysics of Property Interests in Jewish Law: An Analysis of Kinyan
Summer 2010 Issue 43.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Sacrificing the Few to Save the Many
Spring 2010 Issue 43.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodicial Literature: Medical and Cosmetic Tattooing
Winter 2009 Issue 42.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: The Hetter Iska and American Courts
Fall 2009 Issue 42.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodicial Literature: In the Wake of Birkat Ha-hammah 5769
Summer 2009 Issue 42.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Cochlear Implants
Spring 2009 Issue 42.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Blood Sugar Tests/ Use of Viagra on Shabbat
Winter 2008 Issue 41.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodicial Literature: The Case of the Poisoned Sandwich
Fall 2008 Issue 41.3
The Problem of Identity in Rashi, Rambam, and the Tosafists
Summer 2008 Issue 41.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodic Literature: Is the Milk We Drink Kosher?
Spring 2008 Issue 41.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodic Literature: Styrofoam Cups and Utensils/ Formula-Fed Veal
Winter 2007 Issue 40.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodic Literature: A $25,000,000 Funeral
Fall 2007 Issue 40.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Marriage of a Kohen and the Daughter of a Non-Jew
Summer 2007 Issue 40.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodic Literature: Cadavers on Display
Spring 2007 Issue 40.1
Winter 2006 Issue 39.4
Priestly Identity; Sonograms and the Unborn Kohen; Detached Buttons on Shabbos
Summer 2005 Issue 39.2
Priestly Identity; Sonograms and the Unborn Kohen; Detached Buttons on Shabbos
Summer 2005 Issue 39.2
Medical Malpractice and Jewish Law
Spring 2005 Issue 39.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: New York City Water
Winter 2004 Issue 38.4
Fall 2004 Issue 38.3
A 19th Century Agunah Problem and a 20th Century Application
Summer 2004 Issue 38.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Hazardous Medical Procedures
Fall 2003 Issue 37.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Genetic Engineering
Summer 2003 Issue 37.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Silk Screened Torah Scrolls
Spring 2003 Issue 37.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Kohanim and Flights Leaving Israel
Winter 2002 Issue 36.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Mizvot in the Polar Regions and in Earth Orbit
Fall 2002 Issue 36.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Stem Cell Research
Summer 2002 Issue 36.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Palliation of Pain
Spring 2002 Issue 36.1
Winter 2001 Issue 35.4
Fall 2001 Issue 35.3
Summer 2001 Issue 35.2
Spring 2001 Issue 35.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: The Case of the British Conjoined Twins
Winter 2000 Issue 34.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Litigation and Arbitration Before Non-Jews
Fall 2000 Issue 34.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: The Whiskey Brouha
Summer 2000 Issue 34.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Genetic Screening
Spring 2000 Issue 34.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Circumcision
Summer 1999 Issue 33.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Rabbinic Confidentiality
Spring 1999 Issue 33.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Can There be Marriage Without Marriage
Winter 1999 Issue 33.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Kiddushei Ta’ut
Fall 1998 Issue 33.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Cloning
Spring 1998 Issue 32.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Surrogate Motherhood
Winter 1998 Issue 32.2
Fall 1997 Issue 32.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Insurance Related Halakhic Questions
Summer 1997 Issue 31.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Medical and Life Insurance
Spring 1997 Issue 31.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: The Ketubah
Winter 1997 Issue 31.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Conjoined Twins
Fall 1996 Issue 31.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Treatment of the Terminally Ill
Spring 1996 Issue 30.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Crockpots on Shabbat/ Sperm Banking
Summer 1995 Issue 29.4
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Pregnancy Reduction/ Kashrut Certification
Spring 1995 Issue 29.3
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Milk Contretemps
Winter 1995 Issue 29.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: HIV Screening of Infants
Fall 1994 Issue 29.1
Extending Sabbath Invitations to the Non-Observant/ Maternal Identity Revisited
Winter 1994 Issue 28.2
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Appeal Process in the Jewish Legal System
Fall 1993 Issue 28.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature: Compelling Tissue Donation
Spring 1993 Issue 27.3
Survey of Recent Ha/halakhic Periodical Literature: Beit Din,
Fall 1992 Issue 27.1
Survey of Recent Halakhic Periodical Literature
Winter 1992 Issue 26.2
Spring 1992 Issue 26.3
Fall 1991 Issue 26.1
Summer 1991 Issue 25.4
Spring 1991 Issue 25.3
Winter 1990 Issue 25.2
Fall 1989 Issue 25.1