Religious Freedom

America’s “first freedom” is under attack from an ascendant cultural secularism. Christians are its first target, but Jews and Judaism may not be far behind.

Aug. 3 2015 12:01AM

Perhaps on paper, but not in reality.

July 13 2015 12:01AM

As a simple matter of religious freedom and equal rights, Jews, like Muslims, should be allowed to pray atop Judaism’s holiest site. 

Michael Freund
May 21 2014 12:01AM

Religiously, morally, and legally, Britain is a Christian nation—a fact that should be embraced by all, including British Jews. 

Daniel Finkelstein
May 21 2014 12:01AM

In upholding the right of a town board to begin meetings with a prayer, the Supreme Court has reinforced the real meaning of church-state separation.  

May 8 2014 12:01AM

Should rabbis and priests remove themselves from the civil-marriage business in order to avoid state coercion or persecution? A roundtable discussion.

David Novak et al.
April 8 2014 12:01AM

The first American president pledged an America free of religious persecution; as the Supreme Court considers the birth-control mandate of Obamacare, does his vision still hold? 

Seth Lipsky
March 28 2014 12:01AM

It is difficult to determine when an organization should receive religious exemption from American government mandates—but not impossible.

March 26 2014 12:01AM

If a prominent liberal Washington think-tank has its way, religion will be something that happens at home, in houses of worship, and nowhere else.

John Murdock
Feb. 17 2014 12:01AM