Ten commandments

US appeals court to reconsider Louisiana's Ten Commandments law it struck down

Louisiana's law required the display of posters or framed versions of the Ten Commandments in K-12 schools and state-funded colleges.

OCTOBER 7, 2025|ByREUTERS

The slab displaying the Ten Commandments rests just north of the Capitol in Austin, Texas.

Tiltan – The College of Design and Visual Communication

"You Shall Not Covet": Tiltan graduates interpret the Ten Commandments through graphic design

Tiltan Haifa’s Graphic Design Department presents a graduation exhibition where students share personal, modern interpretations of the Ten Commandments. Showing on the rooftop Aug 7–Nov 6.

AUGUST 13, 2025|ByMEITAL SHARABI/MAARIV

Another biblical name for Shavuot is Yom HaBikkurim (Day of the First Fruits), referring to the joyful pilgrimage to Jerusalem, where the Israelites offered up baskets of their first ripe fruits and bread baked from the newly harvested wheat.

The many faces of Shavuot harvest, revelation, and tradition

The Torah is described as the Tree of Life, and there is a legend that Mount Sinai once was a “green mountain” covered with trees and shrubs.

JUNE 3, 2025|ByRONALD EISENBERG

Texas legislature passes bill mandating Ten Commandments in public school classrooms

Critics argue it infringes the Constitution's separation of church and state and the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment.

MAY 27, 2025|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Proposal requiring classroom displays of Ten Commandments passes Texas House

The underlying measure is among Republicans’ efforts this session to expand religion in public classrooms. Lawmakers voted Friday to send a bill to Abbott allowing prayer time in public schools.

MAY 27, 2025ByNOLAN D. MCCASKILL/TNS

Beyond the Headlines: Unity, Identity and the Torah Within

A weekly glimpse into the Israel you won’t read about in the news

MAY 26, 2025BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR

READING FROM the Torah in synagogue: Shavuot celebrates the giving of the Ten Commandments. These commandments, like the Torah, offer stories, insights, values and actions as ways in to God

Ancient Ten Commandments tablet sells for $5 million at Sotheby's auction

Some experts question the tablet's authenticity and its purported dating between 300 and 800 CE.

DECEMBER 20, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

A stone tablet thought to be about 1,500 years old with a, worn-down chiseled inscription of the Ten Commandments.

The oldest known stone tablet of the Ten Commandments to be auctioned by Sotheby's

For thirty years, the plaque served as a paving stone at the entrance of a house, with the inscription facing up and exposed to foot traffic.

NOVEMBER 14, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

An ancient marble tablet inscribed with an ancient Hebrew version of the biblical Ten Commandment.

Louisiana's ten commandments mandate: Culture war or constitutional crisis? - opinion

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry's recent legislation mandating the display of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms has sparked controversy and legal threats.

JUNE 27, 2024ByDOUGLAS BLOOMFIELD

HATS WITH the slogan ‘Make America Pray Again’ are displayed at the National Religious Broadcasters Association International Christian Media Convention, addressed by Donald Trump, in Nashville, in February.

Jewish parents join lawsuit challenging Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments in schools

The lawsuit has longstanding precedent on its side: In 1980, the US Supreme Court ruled that a Kentucky state law mandating the Ten Commandments in all classrooms was unconstitutional.

JUNE 25, 2024ByJACKIE HAJDENBERG/JTA