Purim is considered one of the most fun, happy and joyous holidays on the Jewish calendar. It is a festival that commemorates the saving of Jewish people living in ancient Persia. “In one word ...

Among the countless treasures that have emerged from the world of Jewish creativity, few genres are as whimsical, erudite, and mischievously reverent as Purim Torah – that peculiar and ...

Purim’s costumes hold a deeper lesson—seeing beyond disguises to the true essence of people, just as in the Megillah.

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Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature have allocated $14.5 million to sustain the state’s Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program, which provides essential services to more than 2,000 ...

It is Good Friday. I have written about Purim most years and 2020 is no different. Easter is about the path to Salvation through Jesus death on the cross followed by the resurrection. This idea of the ...

Reckless rites : Purim and the legacy of Jewish violence by Horowitz, Elliott S Publication date 2006 Topics Bible. Esther -- Criticism, interpretation, etc, Violence -- Religious aspects -- Judaism - ...

Gemilas Chesed in White Oak, Pennsylvania, is persisting despite the steel town's decline and diminishing Jewish population.

When Motty returned to Israel from the trip, he continued to sing and play music at events, and sometimes used to sing the Hashgacha Pratit song, but with his own words. Instead of “hashgacha pratit ...

If Jim Henson and Fred Rogers could connect with kids through puppets, why couldn’t Shlomit Tripp? “It’s really important that these kids understand that being Jewish is also fun,” Tripp said. “It’s ...

More James Franco and Seth Rogan to be exact and what better way than to follow up the apocalypse with another the creation ...

A University of Florida law student went viral online and became a campus pariah after classmates circulated two of his ...