DISINHERITING CHILDREN WHO MARRY OUTSIDE THE FAITH
While I have previously addressed the legality of disinheriting intermarried children in both in the Tribune (http://bit.ly/9ADVJY ) and in the Ontario Lawyer’s Weekly (http://bit.ly/bv9Rjm) a recent...
View ArticleEnd Of Life Decisions – Do Doctors Have The Right To Decide?
Mr. Rasouli was in a permanent vegetative state. Fed through a tube inserted into his stomach, he was only being kept alive by a mechanical ventilator. Believing there was no realistic hope of...
View ArticleWill Your Child Marry A Jew?
Excluding the Orthodox community, some estimate that 72% of North American Jews intermarry. As chair of B’nai Brith Canada’s Trusts & Estates Group I oversee the committee that chooses the subject...
View ArticleUndue Influence in the Estate Context amongst Orthodox Jews – is Arbitration...
Is there a moral dilemma for the Orthodox Jewish litigator? On June 4, 2013, the B’nai Brith Canada Trust and Estates Group will be presenting a seminar on dealing with fraud as it impacts on the...
View ArticleRabbi Moshe Feinstein and Halachic Wills
According to Jewish law (“Halacha”)[1], is an Orthodox Jew who accepts an inheritance under a secular will guilty of theft? It depends on who you ask. First some background. According to Halacha, dead...
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