Zalman Rothschild
@zalmanr.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Law at Cardozo School of Law
For those interested, a piece by the American Public Health Association on vaccines and religion (I am quoted alongside @weparmet.bsky.social) www.thenationshealth.org/content/56/6...
Supreme Court may rule on vaccination exemptions
The ability of states to reject school vaccination exemptions for non-medical reasons could be on the line this year.
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Very excited for this!
UC National Center for Free Speech and Civic Engagement@ucfreespeech.bsky.social · 4mo ago🎉 Congratulations to the Center’s 2026 - 2027 class of fellows! This cohort’s research examines topics such as the role of AI in civic education, fostering cross-partisan community and protecting academic freedom. Learn about their projects: buff.ly/03L58ah
" If the Court is signaling that Mahmoud extends to vaccine mandates, it has quietly unsettled one of the most enduring premises of its free exercise jurisprudence." harvardlawreview.org/forum/vol-13...
Vaccines, Religious Liberty, and the GVR As Doctrinal Signal - Harvard Law Review
In December 2025, without oral argument or a written opinion, the Supreme Court did something it had never done before: It set aside a lower court judgment upholding a vaccine mandate that lacked reli...
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New essay in Harvard Law Review Forum on vaccines, religious liberty, and the Supreme Court’s habit of saying a lot by saying very little: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Vaccines, Religious Liberty, and the GVR as Doctrinal Signal
In <em>Miller v. McDonald</em>, the Supreme Court vacated a decision upholding a vaccine mandate for lacking religious exemptions, remanding for reconsideration
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Thank you @adamliptak.bsky.social for flagging my recent op-ed! www.nytimes.com/2026/04/16/u...
Two Magicians Warn the Supreme Court About Junk Science
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Zalman Rothschild@zalmanr.bsky.social · 5mo agoMy latest in the @washingtonpost.com on vaccines and religious liberty (Gift article) wapo.st/482ywCQ
Thanks @micahschwartzman.bsky.social!
Micah Schwartzman@micahschwartzman.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe Supreme Court has allowed lower courts to turn religious liberty into license on vaccinations. But Judge Wilkinson holds the line in CA4 — tells the Court it’s time to get serious. @zalmanr.bsky.social with the run down.
My latest in the @washingtonpost.com on vaccines and religious liberty (Gift article) wapo.st/482ywCQ
Opinion | What makes this appeals court decision on vaccines so noteworthy
Constitutional law on vaccines was long settled. Now, the Supreme Court favors religious exemptions.
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Thank you @lsolum.bsky.social!
Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · 6mo agoRothschild on Vaccines and Religious Parental Rights Zalman Rothschild (Yeshiva University - Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law) has posted Vaccines and 'Religious Parental Rights' (Harv. L. Rev. F. (forthcoming)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract: In Miller v. McDonald, the Supreme Court vacated a…
Jotwell: Religious Equality Run Amuck - Equality buff.ly/QfrBvwv
Religious Equality Run Amuck - Equality
Zalman Rothschild, The Impossibility of Religious Equality, 125 Colum. L. Rev. 453 (2025).Ezra YoungIn her Supreme Court chambers, the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg prominently displayed a passage…
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Grateful for the invitation to deliver the Fishman Family Endowed Lecture at Vassar College in April www.vassar.edu/news/events/...
The 2026 Fishman Family Endowed Lecture in Jewish Studies Presents Dr. Zalman Rothschild | Vassar College
Dr. Zalman Rothschild will deliver the 2026 Fishman Family Endowed Lecture in Jewish Studies, “What Is Antisemitism? A Legal Analysis.”This annual lecture examines antisemitism as a legal question, ex...
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Grateful and a little surprised to see my forthcoming HLR Forum piece on vaccines and religious freedom included in Adam Liptak’s “What I’m Reading” in @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...
Honored to be speaking at this event. If you’re in NYC on March 10, it should be a great conversation. www.nyhistory.org/programs/def...
Defining Antisemitism | The New York Historical
A distinguished panel addresses what and how we determine and identify antisemitism in modern times.
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Thank you @lsolum.bsky.social!
Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · 9mo agoRothschild 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…
Very honored this paper won an award! www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...
#cardozolaw | Cardozo School of Law
Congratulations to Zalman Rothschild, Horn Family Distinguished Research Scholar in Law and Religion and Assistant Professor of Law, on receiving the Harold Berman Award for Excellence in Scholarship!...
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Zalman Rothschild@zalmanr.bsky.social · last yr.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) shorturl.at/cEnTS
.@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...
The Right to Exit Religion is finally out in the Georgetown Law Journal. For anyone interested: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
"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.
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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.
What a surprise while casually reading Linda Greenhouse’s latest…Blushing! 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)
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) shorturl.at/cEnTS
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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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.
Lawrence Solum@lsolum.bsky.social · 2y agoRothschild 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.
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
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