From ‘The 613,’ by Archie Rand (all images by Archie Rand, courtesy Blue Rider Press) In the year 2000, Brooklyn-born painter Archie Rand embarked on the most ambitious project of his career: He would ...

(RNS) Painterly engagement with the central texts of Judaism almost doesn’t exist. Except for Archie Rand. (RNS) A new book by a trailblazing artist raises an old question: Is there such a thing as ...

Homosexuality at an Orlando club or the blasphemy of a Paris cartoon did not violate any injunctions of the Quran. Few people realize that almost all the murder and mayhem perpetrated by Muslim and ...

A new book illustrating each one of the 613 commandments according to Maimonides’ count has been published by artist Archie Rand. Rand began working on the original masterwork for the book, a 17 foot ...

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A daily e-mail about the 613 commandments will be available soon under a new initiative by the Orthodox Union. (JTA) — A daily e-mail about the 613 commandments will soon be available under a new ...

What does God expect from each of us? Each religion has laws and expectations for its adherents. Many religions expect non-adherents to accept their precepts through conversion. Judaism has a ...