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Sometime around 1780-70 B.C., the Babylonian King Hammurabi promulgated the now famous Code of Hammurabi, covering both civil and criminal law. The code is said to have informed both Jewish and ...

Great rulers throughout history have built monuments to themselves and their achievements, which were meant to outlast their short lives. From mighty pyramids to monolithic statues, the goal was to ...

From Judge James Peterson's decision Friday in Ervins v. Sun Prairie Area School Dist. (W.D. Wis.): February 1 was the first day of Black History Month, so Black history was part of the curriculum at ...

What is the ethical and legal permissibility of the exile of Hagar and Yishmael? What justification existed for Avraham to violate the right of the firstborn and his obligation to support his wife?

DORCHESTER, S.C. (WCBD) – Parents of a student at St. George Middle School in Dorchester District 4 (DD4) are expressing concerns about a recent homework assignment they feel was inappropriate.

One day, when I was in my early 20s and teaching Torah to religious newbies in Jerusalem, I felt the bedrock of belief shudder beneath me. There’s a reason the sages wrote that the air of Jerusalem ...

Charles Bronson's mustachioed bloodlust in Death Wish may be a '70s cinematic touchstone, but his iconic thug-slugging vigilante, Paul Kersey, was nearly 4,000 years in the making. Sparked by his wife ...