‘Father unknown’: A dread biblical status leads to modern problems

https://www.timesofisrael.com/father-unknown-a-dread-biblical-status-leads-to-modern-problems/

Last week, the Israel Democracy Institute think tank, the Center for Women’s Justice and an organization that represents mamzers, the Dim’at Ha’ashukim Forum (in English the “tear of the oppressed”), organized a first-of-its-kind conference to discuss the mamzer issue in general and the 300-day rule in particular, bringing together experts in Jewish and secular law, activists, and researchers in the field of religion and state.