Court Strikes Down PA Blasphemy Law: It's Now Okay to Choose Hell!
by Jeff Pasek, JSPAN Board chair and JSPAN Church-State Policy Center member Another battle in the culture wars has ended.  A federal district court in Philadelphia struck down the state law that prohibits corporate names from...
Dr. Arthur Caplan Explores End-of-Life Issues at Annual Meeting
Why is it so difficult for an incapacitated person to be allowed to die in this country?
Salazar v. Buono: Was It Good for the Jews?
On April 28 the Supreme Court decided Salazar v. Buono – the case about the Latin Cross atop Sunrise Rock in Southern California’s Mojave Desert.
Comprehensive Immigration Reform: Pathway Out of Poverty
On March 21, 2010, more than two hundred thousand advocates gathered in Washington, D.C. and called on Congress and the White House to take swift action to enact comprehensive immigration reform. The last time such a movement took place was in 2006...
City Cannot Evict Boy Scouts from their Parkway Headquarters
7/12/2010
by Judah Labovitz, member, JSPAN Board and Church-State Policy Center On June 24, 2010 a federal court jury...
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PA High Court Upholds Philadelphia Gun Law
7/12/2010
On June 7, 2010 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued a ruling that allows Philadelphia's lost or stolen handgun reporting...
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JSPAN Welcomes Nine New Board Members
7/1/2010
Paula Green Paula Green is the Associate Director of Corporate Engagement at United Way. She lives in Cherry Hill...
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Is Sexting Criminal Behavior? Not According to JSPAN Board!
Lynn 7/1/2010
by Lynn Gottlieb, JSPAN Executive Director At its June 24, 2010 meeting, the Board of Directors of the Jewish Social...
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