Texas schools want to add Queen Esther to the curriculum. Here’s why Jews (and many Christians) are opposed.
The Texas Board of Education plans to vote on Bluebonnet Learning this week
separation of church and state
The Latest
-
News -
News What a Trump second presidency will mean for school prayer, campus antisemitism and other education issues Jews care — and worry — about
'Every Jewish parent needs to be on guard,' said Frank Ravitch, a law professor who specializes in religious rights
-
News School prayer timeline: The evolution of prayer in schools, from Founding Fathers to President Trump’s commitment to bringing it back
The separation of church and state makes school prayer unlawful, but a conservative Supreme Court and President-elect Donald Trump are signaling a change
-
News A Jewish Floridian looks to South Dakota in bid to overturn Supreme Court ban on school prayer
A follower of the Chabad movement is proposing a ballot measure in South Dakota to require daily prayers in schools with an eye toward a showdown at the high court
-
News ‘We have to cover history accurately’: Oklahoma superintendent explains why he’s forcing schools to teach the Bible
A rabbi who is an expert on law and religion said there is a legal loophole which may make this constitutional
-
News Legal scholar Noah Feldman on the 10 Commandments, Christian nationalism and the Jewish future of church and state
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"
-
Opinion I’m a Louisiana Jew. The Ten Commandments get lost in translation in the new law
Louisiana passed a law this week requiring a unique translation of the Ten Commandments displayed in every public school classroom
-
Culture How a Hanukkah faux-pas in France ignited a political firestorm
Lighting a menorah at the presidential palace, President Emmanuel Macron is accused of blurring the line between church and state
Explore
Most Popular
- 1
News Your complete guide to Trump’s Jewish advisers and pro-Israel cabinet
- 2
Fast Forward Why neo-Nazis marched in Ohio this weekend, and almost every weekend in the US
- 3
Fast Forward Trump AG nominee Matt Gaetz has left a trail of antisemitic comments
- 4
Opinion The group behind Project 2025 has a plan to protect Jews. It will do the opposite.
In Case You Missed It
-
Fast Forward ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yoav Gallant
-
Fast Forward More than 55 Jewish groups come out against terrorism bill that could threaten nonprofits
-
Fast Forward Why the Senate’s Israel vote matters, as Democrats divide on the Jewish state
-
Fast Forward Jessica Tisch, Jewish public servant, appointed as commissioner of NYPD
-
Shop the Forward Store
100% of profits support our journalism
