Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster explains the Jewish festival of Purim and why a big part of it is nurturing the inner child.

When Bernard Shanfield made one of his weekly checks on Beth Israel Synagogue in May 1997, paint was peeling off its walls and some of the bulbs on its twin menorahs had burned out. “This place ...

A federal appeals court upheld Louisiana's law requiring the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, setting stage for a Supreme Court battle.

A federal appeals court on Friday cleared ⁠the ⁠way for a Louisiana law requiring the ⁠display of the Ten Commandments in all classrooms of the state's public schools and universities to ​take effect.

Even the ark’s imperfect measurements teach a profound lesson: living God’s will is a human endeavor, full of effort, ...

Hudson, remembers being very aware as he grew up that as he attended school and was in classrooms that were almost always a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A bill allowing the display of the Ten Commandments and other historic documents in Tennessee public schools was passed by the ...

This week’s Torah portion, Mishpatim, represents the first extensive listing of laws given by God to the Israelites through Moses. In many ways, it can be seen as an expansion of the Ten Commandments ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The State Senate has greenlit a bill that would allow public schools to display the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, although there’s an attached nuance that has yet to ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- The faculty senate at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville has released a letter addressing the display of numerous posters of the Ten Commandments that were installed in campus ...

INDIANA— A high-profile proposal that would have allowed Indiana public school teachers to display the Ten Commandments in their classrooms has effectively stalled after missing a critical legislative ...

Legislation to allow display of the Ten Commandments from the Christian Bible prominently in all Tennessee public schools passed the House Education Committee. It now needs one procedural vote before ...