Comments on: Bias in the Beth Din: State Court Vacates Judgment of Religious Court Due to Bias http://jonathanturley.org/2009/03/29/bias-in-the-beth-din-state-court-vacates-judgment-of-religious-court-due-to-bias/ Res ipsa loquitur ("The thing itself speaks") Tue, 14 Feb 2012 07:32:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: shteiger http://jonathanturley.org/2009/03/29/bias-in-the-beth-din-state-court-vacates-judgment-of-religious-court-due-to-bias/#comment-83774 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:32:41 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=9436#comment-83774 barash should not be allowed to do anything. this is the tenthe case that he messed up beiig that there ae only ten cases so far thgat had to go that beis din. he needs to be reminded that he is but a secratary no more than the women hired as a receptionist. tzion bimishpat tepudeha barash is the reason moshiach is not here

]]> By: Meyer Y. Silber http://jonathanturley.org/2009/03/29/bias-in-the-beth-din-state-court-vacates-judgment-of-religious-court-due-to-bias/#comment-54314 Tue, 19 May 2009 18:03:26 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=9436#comment-54314 Hi. I am the attorney that represented Bas Melech Le’Bunos and write to point out an inaccuracy in your reporting of this case. It was not the judge that called the party, but the panel’s secretary that called his wife, an employee of the party (the petitioner) before the Beth Din.

Please let me know if you’d like to discuss this further.

Regards,

Meyer Y. Silber

]]> By: Mike Spindell http://jonathanturley.org/2009/03/29/bias-in-the-beth-din-state-court-vacates-judgment-of-religious-court-due-to-bias/#comment-45465 Sun, 29 Mar 2009 13:49:25 +0000 http://jonathanturley.org/?p=9436#comment-45465 The whole Beth Din concept is peculiar. Judaism is a religion that has given birth to much of the Western legal system. Yet there is no Jewish Central Authority, like the Pope for instance, that can to the extent possible impose uniformity upon the system. Judaism is composed of three major groups, Orthodox, Conservative and Reform, that share some precepts and disagree on others. Withing these three groups their are numerous sub-groups, each believing their way to be correct.
Rabbi’s, these days in essence Doctors of Theology are more or less independent contractors and the disparate views are legion. The State should severely limit the ability of the Beth Din to control aspects of civil law. This is true also of Sharia Courts for Islam, or Christian Courts set up by sub-sets of Christianity (if there are such things today). To me this is not church/state interference, but prudent recognition that religious courts seldom yield the wisdom they would have you believe they have.

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