Ben-Gvir’s law treats non-Jewish lives as unequal, risking Israel’s moral and global standing.

The revised bill stipulates that Israel Prison Service officers involved in carrying out executions by hanging would receive ...

When they heard this, they were furious and wanted to put them to death. But a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, ...

The historical evidence shows that Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime explicitly used a distorted, “Aryan” image of Jesus ...

Revival of the Jewish Sanhedrin, ancient high court, as a means of solving pressing Jewish problems was suggested here today by Rabbi Julius Berger. Rabbi Berger urged the immediate convocation of ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Josh Weiss is a writer covering the nexus of pop culture and Judaism. “I wanted to introduce readers to a Jewish mythology, ...

This is Dutch artist Gerard van Honthorst’s depiction of Jesus appearing for his trial before High Priest Joseph ben Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin. Van Honthorst lived from 1592-1656. (Courtesy Photo) ...

This is American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner’s depiction of Nicodemus meeting Jesus at night on a rooftop in Jerusalem. Tanner lived from 1859-1937. (Courtesy Photo) Told in the Gospel of John, the ...

The Jewish law concerning the offense and punishment of the crime of blasphemy was given by God. The law is clear, being confirmed and elucidated by precedent. No competent lawyer could dispute the ...

Catholics in the United States generally don’t go to church on Dec. 26, so they might be surprised that — a day after the birth of Jesus Christ — the Church is marking the feast of its first martyr, ...

For nearly 1,800 years after Sinai, we had a Sanhedrin, 71 rabbanim who gave an authoritative voice in halacha. While different opinions always existed, the Sanhedrin provided a unifying decision, ...