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 ...
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 ...
(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 ...
(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 ...
Dr.Joseph Silverman, Rabbi Emeritus of Temple Emanu-El, in a statement issued to the “Jewish Daily Bulletin” yesterday, made clear his attitude concerning the proposal to read the Ten Commandments in ...
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 ...