Zalman Rothschild
@zalmanr.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law
December 30, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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Rothschild on the Right to Exit Religion
Zalman Rothschild (Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) has posted The Right to Exit Religion (113 Geo. L.J. 1459 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article argues that just over fifty years ago, in Wisconsin v. Yoder, the…
Zalman Rothschild (Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) has posted The Right to Exit Religion (113 Geo. L.J. 1459 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article argues that just over fifty years ago, in Wisconsin v. Yoder, the…
Rothschild on the Right to Exit Religion
Zalman Rothschild (Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) has posted The Right to Exit Religion (113 Geo. L.J. 1459 (2025)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: This Article argues that just over fifty years ago, in Wisconsin v. Yoder, the Supreme Court recognized what might be called a right to exit religion. In this decision, the Court expressed both appreciation for preserving insular religious communities and a rule that accommodations must not come at the cost of limiting community members’ ability to exit should they wish to do so.
legaltheoryblog.com
December 26, 2025 at 3:16 PM
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Very honored this paper won an award! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
December 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Very honored this paper won an award! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
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.@zalmanr.bsky.social's The Right to Exit Religion argues Wisconsin v. Yoder implicitly recognized a right to exit religion that states/courts do not do enough to protect, leaving it superficial & hard to effectuate. He uses NYC’s Hasidic community to show state-aided barriers to exit.
December 23, 2025 at 5:12 PM
.@zalmanr.bsky.social's The Right to Exit Religion argues Wisconsin v. Yoder implicitly recognized a right to exit religion that states/courts do not do enough to protect, leaving it superficial & hard to effectuate. He uses NYC’s Hasidic community to show state-aided barriers to exit.
I wrote a reflection on my friend Rabbi Eli Schlanger, murdered in Sydney a week ago.
(Gift article, scroll down). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
(Gift article, scroll down). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
December 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
I wrote a reflection on my friend Rabbi Eli Schlanger, murdered in Sydney a week ago.
(Gift article, scroll down). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
(Gift article, scroll down). www.nytimes.com/2025/12/21/b...
The Right to Exit Religion is finally out in the Georgetown Law Journal. For anyone interested: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
December 19, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The Right to Exit Religion is finally out in the Georgetown Law Journal. For anyone interested: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
My Murdered Friend Eli
He was killed doing the work he’d dreamed of.
www.theatlantic.com
December 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
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"The High Holidays are a call to temper our certainties, to confess our arrogance, and to recognize that courage and wisdom are found not in silencing disagreement but in learning how to live with it," @zalmanr.bsky.social writes. https://wapo.st/424oNZP
Opinion | The Jewish High Holidays teach this lost democratic virtue
These days demand humility, which includes acknowledging that we do not have a monopoly on truth.
wapo.st
September 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
"The High Holidays are a call to temper our certainties, to confess our arrogance, and to recognize that courage and wisdom are found not in silencing disagreement but in learning how to live with it," @zalmanr.bsky.social writes. https://wapo.st/424oNZP
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Today’s WaPo opinion page strikes a conciliatory tone with columns by @shadihamid.bsky.social and @zalmanr.bsky.social. Crucial reading in this fraught moment, when people are being silenced in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing and the potential for more political violence has risen exponentially.
September 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Today’s WaPo opinion page strikes a conciliatory tone with columns by @shadihamid.bsky.social and @zalmanr.bsky.social. Crucial reading in this fraught moment, when people are being silenced in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing and the potential for more political violence has risen exponentially.
What a surprise while casually reading Linda Greenhouse’s latest…Blushing!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
May 12, 2025 at 6:36 PM
What a surprise while casually reading Linda Greenhouse’s latest…Blushing!
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
Honored to contribute in a small way to @adamliptak.bsky.social (as always) superb reporting in the @nytimes.com today (rb.gy/kfqhfn)
April 21, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Honored to contribute in a small way to @adamliptak.bsky.social (as always) superb reporting in the @nytimes.com today (rb.gy/kfqhfn)
My job market paper has finally been published! So grateful to so many for helpful conversations (@micahschwartzman.bsky.social @samuelmoyn.bsky.social @katieeyer.bsky.social @sherifgirgis.bsky.social @nelsontebbe.bsky.social @williambaude.bsky.social and others not on Bluesky)
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The Impossibility of Religious Equality
<p><span>The Supreme Court has recently adopted a new rule of religious equality: Laws unconstitutionally discriminate against religion when they deny religious
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April 13, 2025 at 4:11 PM
My job market paper has finally been published! So grateful to so many for helpful conversations (@micahschwartzman.bsky.social @samuelmoyn.bsky.social @katieeyer.bsky.social @sherifgirgis.bsky.social @nelsontebbe.bsky.social @williambaude.bsky.social and others not on Bluesky)
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Thank you @lsolum.bsky.social!
Zalman on Equality for Religion, buff.ly/V1v6xtd - Zalman Rothschild (Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) has posted The Impossibility of Religious Equality (125 Colum. L. Rev. 453 (2025)) on SSRN.
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April 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Thank you, @lsolum.bsky.social! Just for some context, this is a short essay in an edited volume of conference proceedings published in 2019. Finally uploaded it to ssrn. 😊 In it, I draw on Nietzsche’s myth of science.
Rothschild on Objectivity in Cruzan and Heller, buff.ly/ThwOdtk - Zalman Rothschild (Yeshiva - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) has posted The Myth of Objectivity in Cruzan and Heller (The Dark Sides of the Law: Perspectives on Law, Literature, and Justice in Common Law Countries) on SSRN.
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March 14, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Thank you, @lsolum.bsky.social! Just for some context, this is a short essay in an edited volume of conference proceedings published in 2019. Finally uploaded it to ssrn. 😊 In it, I draw on Nietzsche’s myth of science.
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A piece by Zalman Rothschild based on his personal experience — and a call for basic education to protect a fundamental right to exit.
Opinion | My religious education was unparalleled — and that’s the problem
What I learned — and didn’t learn — from my Hasidic education
www.washingtonpost.com
March 13, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A piece by Zalman Rothschild based on his personal experience — and a call for basic education to protect a fundamental right to exit.