Recounted in the Book of Esther, the spring holiday of Purim is traditionally celebrated with feasting, gift-giving and ...

Battalion commander read passage from Torah while wearing clown hat, as other soldiers began firing randomly, according to ...

Focusing on a pivotal episode within the Purim story—this crucial conversation between Mordecai and Esther teaches us the ...

Spring is marked in many faiths and cultures through ritual, holidays, and celebrations. For Jews around the world, March and April bring two significant holidays, reminding us to recognize the hidden ...

Unlike in the story of the Megillah and during the Holocaust, Jews are presently defending their homeland, the country that ...

Yet a curious detail of the law requires that the search be conducted specifically at night and just a candle (today, many ...

Purim, therefore, is the prototype for Jewish survival during exile. The Divine Providence hidden in apparently random events ...

I dressed as a frog. I was channeling my namesake Jeremiah and the bullfrog from the song “Joy to the World.” In celebrating ...