In this six-session online class taught by Rabbi Adam Zeff and Student Rabbi Maria Pulzetti, we will study major decisions of the Israeli Supreme Court alongside related decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court. We’ll compare the approaches of the two courts and discuss the influence of Biblical texts, Jewish tradition and rabbinic law. This course will study some recent landmark decisions of both the Israeli and U.S. Supreme Courts, including the Israeli Supreme Court decisions about the judicial overhaul and about the military draft, and recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions about the Clean Air Act and about the relationship between the executive, judicial and legislative branches.