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 ...

One by one, the Ten Commandments teach us how we bring God into our daily lives. Each additional commandment encourages us to ...

Rabbi Bruce D. Forman discusses Parashat Mishpatim, which dives into case law: damages, injuries, lost property, workers’ ...

The decadence of society actually begins with the double-edged version of the tenth commandment as found in the second text: And do not lust for your friend's wife and do not covet his home etc.

Texas' Ten Commandments law is facing another legal battle after a coalition of 15 families filed a lawsuit against their school districts to block the mandate to display the religious text in ...

Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas have all passed laws -- now on hold -- to mandate the biblical laws' display in classrooms. mtcurado/iStock via Getty Images Plus All three laws have been at least ...

The legal fight over displaying the Ten Commandments in Texas' public schools made its way to San Antonio federal court on Friday, with a marathon hearing that started with talk of God and Moses and ...

A bill moving through the Ohio General Assembly would force history and social studies teachers statewide from grades four through 12 to hang several historic documents on their walls. Under Senate ...

Stone tablets depicting the Ten Commandments are shown outside the Supreme Court in Washington June 27, 2005, placed there during a vigil by a religious group. In Louisiana, Public school classrooms ...