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 ...

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A federal judge struck down Arkansas’s law requiring public schools to display the Ten Commandments on the basis that it ...

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.

A granite monument of the Ten Commandments on Texas State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas. (Photo via Library of Congress. Design by Jackie Hajdenberg via JTA>org.) Jackie Hajdenberg Three Jewish ...

After a talk to a civic group on Judaism, I was asked, “As a Jewish person, how do you feel about the display of the Ten Commandments in public settings?” As a Jewish person and a rabbi who honors the ...

The Tennessee Senate passed a bill March 19 mandating public schools display the Ten Commandments in all classrooms.

The Texas Senate has approved a bill requiring the Ten Commandments to be displayed in classrooms in public schools. This follows hard on the heels of a similar bill in Louisiana that is presently ...

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 Commandments ...