The Crime of Israel’s New Death Penalty Law
Israel’s Knesset recently passed legislation mandating the death penalty for deadly acts of terrorism committed “with the intent to deny the existence of the State...
Federal Jury Hands Death Sentence to Tree of Life Synagogue Shooter
During the trial, prosecutors called on 60 witnesses, and survivors testified to their horrifying experiences inside the synagogue.
Texas to Execute Jewish Man on World Day Against the Death Penalty
When Michael Zoosman first reached out to Jedidiah Murphy in 2021, he knew very little about his soon-to-be pen pal other than that he had been on death row in Livingston, Texas, for 20 years and that he was a practicing Jew.
Cantor Leads Jewish Movement to Abolish Death Penalty
As Texas inmate John Hummel was executed on Wednesday evening for killing his pregnant wife, 5-year-old daughter, and father-in-law in 2009, Cantor Michael Zoosman was...
Is Society the Angel of Death? Elie Wiesel's Take
by Daniel Kieval
"Do not stand idly by the blood of your neighbor." (Leviticus 19:16)
In an address given last week at Wesleyan University, Elie...