A push for religious symbols in the public square is “bad for having a culture in which lots of different religious traditions including Judaism are allowed to flourish.” One week after Louisiana Gov.

Like many Jewish Louisianans, I followed with interest the so-called “Ten Commandments” bill which Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law this week. It requires public schools, including ...

The Ten Commandments are listed twice in the Torah. Once in the book of Exodus, and the other time is found in the book of ...

(JTA) — Three Jewish families are among a group of nine Louisiana families with children in public schools who have filed a suit in federal court challenging a new state law that requires the Ten ...

The idea that, out of 613 mitzvos, Hashem handpicked ten for special highlighting on the two luchos, the two tablets, leads to a lot of fascinating speculation. Let me share some of my musings with ...

(RNS) — The headlines could have read, “Sacred Jewish text to be posted in Louisiana classrooms; most Jews are opposed.” That headline would have been correct. Yes, Gov. Jeff Landry of Louisiana has ...

Texans dodged a religious bullet. In the most recent state legislative session, legislators almost passed a bill, Senate Bill 1515, that would have required the display of the Ten Commandments in ...

Where I live in Johannesburg there is a famous story from some decades ago about the conductor of a shul choir who was rehearsing with his choristers. In that synagogue, the Berea Shul, the choir room ...