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

Kings, clowns and princesses mingled Friday night at t Jewish Center with magicians, bears and cowboys. It wasn’t a months-early Halloween party; it was a celebration for the holiday of Purim, which ...

Fifth, one of the major mitzvot of Purim is giving charity to the poor. This emphasizes the value of generosity and ...

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

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

At least five Palestinians were killed, including two local journalists, and others were wounded on Saturday in an Israeli ...

The soldiers involved in unauthorized shooting towards the Gaza Strip over the weekend, while reading the Purim Megillah, ...

The IDF has handed down punishments to several troops and commanders over Friday’s incident in the Gaza Strip, during which ...

The scroll of Esther seems historic, not just allegoric. It says very clearly that Haman wanted to kill and exterminate all Jews. He got permission from the Persian King to order the slaughter of all ...

The global acclaim for Peter Beinart’s new book, Being Jewish After the Destruction of Gaza, rests mainly on its call for a ...

The militant group calls it an "exceptional deal" aimed at getting the truce back on track. Meanwhile, Israeli airstrikes on ...

Hamas said Saturday it will release an American Israeli and the bodies of four other hostages only if Israel implements their ceasefire agreement, calling it an “exceptional deal” aimed at get ...