Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

Rabbi Jeremy Wieder is a Rosh Yeshiva at the Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary and Scholar-in-Residence at Congregation Kehillath Jeshurun in Manhattan.

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Clarifying Abortion In Halacha – And Reasons Not To Favor Overturning Roe V. Wade

By Rabbi Jeremy Wieder

These disparate positions make it unsurprising that poskim are divided about precisely which prohibition is violated when terminating a Jewish woman’s pregnancy and also result in significant differences in the circumstances in which they permit abortion.