Michael Avi Helfand (@MAHelfand) / X

Michael Avi Helfand

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Michael Avi Helfand

@MAHelfand

Brenden Mann Foundation Chair in Law & Religion @PeppLaw; Visiting Professor @YaleLawSch; Senior Legal Advisor, OU @TeachCoalition_; Senior Fellow @Hartman_Inst

Los Angeles

law.pepperdine.edu/academics/facu…

Joined November 2009

Michael Avi Helfand
@MAHelfand
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Some news as the summer winds down: this coming year I'll be a Murry and Polly Bowden Non-Resident Fellow @UTAustin's @UTexas1ACenter. Many thanks to @steventcollis for the invitation to join. Looking forward to participating in various workshops and retreats on campus . . .
Michael Avi Helfand
@MAHelfand
Jul 26
For those who pinged me for an explainer on the "house minyan" case the Supreme Court agreed to hear, ask and you shall receive. Here's a paywall-free version of my piece in the @washingtonpost (just requires inputting an email address): wapo.st/4pu7HyI
Michael Avi Helfand
@MAHelfand
Jul 6
I had the pleasure of working on the @OrthodoxUnion's Supreme Court amicus brief in St. Mary Catholic Parish v. Roy, a case that will test the religious liberty limits on what kinds of conditions government may place on access to public benefits.
Michael Avi Helfand
@MAHelfand
Jul 1
Here's my latest in Sources, the @Hartman_Inst's journal, arguing that recent changes in church-state law are likely to increasingly push American Jews out of public schools, while simultaneously pull them into Jewish day schools: sourcesjournal.org/articles/pushe…
Michael Avi Helfand
@MAHelfand
Jun 22
Incredibly proud that @PeppLaw is once again co-sponsoring @OUAdvocacy's annual lawyer's conference. I had the pleasure of moderating a panel w/Debra Schreck (@arnoldporter), Emily Shire (Davis Polk) & Mark Pinkert (@holtzmanvogel) addressing antisemitism cases & trends.
OU Advocacy Center
@OUAdvocacy
Jun 22
The legal battles against campus antisemitism are front and center at the OUA Attorneys Conference as Prof. @MAHelfand led a discussion on the landmark Cooper Union and UCLA cases and what they mean for Jewish students nationwide.

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