Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 15, 2021   In the aftermath of the horrific tragedy of the Surfside, Florida building collapse, analysts and reporters have been attempting, often with the benefit of hindsight, to explain why…

Does a wife actually own property titled in her name? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 8, 2021   In our previous article, we surveyed the positions of the classic poskim on the question of whether purchase…

Does a wife actually own property titled in her name? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman July 1, 2021   In our previous article, we discussed the classic halachic framework governing marital assets and their disposition in divorce:…

Does Bill Gates's wife get his billions? Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 24, 2021   On May 3, Bill and Melinda Gates announced that they had decided to divorce after 27 years of marriage.[1] Bill Gates…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 17, 2021   On April 20, Columbus, Ohio police officer Nicholas Reardon shot and killed sixteen-year-old Ma’Khia Bryant. He had responded to a 911 call in which screaming can be heard…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 10, 2021   Our previous article considered R’ Yaakov David Schmahl’s analysis of whether one who sends a virus-laden email that causes damage to the recipient’s computer is liable as a…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman June 3, 2021   Our previous article discussed the permissibility of businesses paying ransoms for the release of data held hostage by ransomware cyberattacks. In this article, we consider whether cyberattackers who…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 27, 2021 On May 7, Colonial Pipeline, an oil pipeline system that carries gasoline and jet fuel, suffered a ransomware cyberattack—the largest cyberattack on an oil infrastructure target in the history…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 20, 2021 Congressional Republicans recently voted to oust Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership post over her continued attacks on former president Donald Trump for his claims about election fraud and…

Adapted from the writings of Dayan Yitzhak Grossman May 13, 2021 Our previous article set forth the basic halachic framework for labor unions: Members of a profession are permitted to regulate their profession for their own economic benefit, but since…