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 ...

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 ...

Earlier this summer, Republican Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law a requirement that all public classrooms display the Ten Commandments. Broadly similar laws are moving through ...

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 ...

Once upon a time, the Jewish people decided to send a representative to G-d to ask Him a question. The individual ascended to Heaven and approached the throne. The following is said to be the ...

Maimonides said, “If a person studies too much and exhausts his reflective powers, he will be confused, and will not be able ...

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 ...