Purim is an extraordinary festival in the Jewish calendar. It can be distinguished from all the other festivals by the character that it was granted in later generations, but mainly by its most ...

Leadership is “a process of social influence in which one person enlists the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.” Both Mordechai and Esther play leadership roles in ...

If I were assigned the task of writing a biblical-style script for a play or a movie, the Book of Esther is the last place I would turn for inspiration. The word “biblical” conjures up images of God, ...

Dr. Paul Brody (left) and Head of School Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin (right) are surrounded by students. (Photos by Daniel Aghalarian) North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) middle schoolers will celebrate a ...

The sanctuary at Temple Beth El in Aptos was filled on Sunday for the reading of the Megillat Esther to celebrate the holiday of Purim. Megillat Esther tells the story of the salvation of the Jews ...

As several of my readers know, I am considered to be the most eminent chess players around; not only in Israel, where there are more top chess players than anywhere else, but on the entire face of the ...

It all started with a party. Achashverosh, the king of Persia in the mid-300s B.C., got drunk and ordered his wife Vashti, renowned for her beauty and a direct descendant of Nebuchadnezzar, to show up ...

On Thursday, February 25, 2021 at 6:30 pm, Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor presents the reading of the Megillat Esther via Livestream. Refer to the Beth El ...

(RNS) — This weekend, I finally got around to reading the Book of Esther. “Aren’t you a little bit late on that? Wasn’t Purim on Wednesday evening and Thursday? Yes, it was. And yes, we read Megillat ...