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Jewish Law: A Misapplication in New York?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2016

Allan J. Topol
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Israel Law Review , Volume 4 , Issue 4 , October 1969 , pp. 578 - 582
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press and The Faculty of Law, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem 1969

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1 Elon, , “The Sources and Nature of Jewish Law and Its Application in the State of Israel”, Part I (1967) 2 Google Scholar Is. L.R. 515, Part II (1968) 3 Is. L.R. 88, Part III (1968) 3 Is. L.R. 416, Part IV (1969) 4 Is. L.R. 80.

2 Equally intriguing is the relevance of American law in Israeli legal decision-making. See Apelbom, , “Common Law á l'americaine” (1966) 1 Is. L.R. 562.Google Scholar

3 N.Y.L.J. Page 18, June 18, 1969.

4 Missouri v. Lewis, 101 U.S. 22, 31 (1879).

5 Ibid. See also Salsburg v. Maryland, 346 U.S. 545 (1945); and Strauder v. West Virginia, 100 U.S. 303 (1880).

6 See e.g., Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483 (1954).

7 Levy v. Louisiana, 391 U.S. 68 (1968).

8 For the reader who enjoys intellectual gymnastics in the form of meaningless distinctions the following should be read (preferably in chronological order): Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1 (1947); McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203 (1948); Zorach v. Clauson, 343 U.S. 306 (1952); McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420 (1961); Braunfeld v. Brown, 366 U.S. 599 (1961); Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421 (1962); and Abington School District v. Schempp, 374 U.S. 203 (1963).

9 Everson v. Board of Education, 330 U.S. 1, 18 (1947).

10 Id. at 15.

11 McCollum v. Board of Education, 333 U.S. 203, 212 (1948).

12 Engel v. Vitale, 370 U.S. 421, 432 (1962).

13 McGowan v. Maryland, 366 U.S. 420, 442 (1961).

14 Gursky v. Gursky, 39 Misc. 2d 1083, 242 N.Y.S. 2d 406 (Sup. Ct. 1963); and Anonymous v. Anonymous, 41 Misc. 2d 886, 246 N.Y.S. 2d 835 (Sup. Ct. 1964).