(JTA) — My mother always loved to cook and bake, but I was never welcome in the kitchen. Not every night before dinner, not before Shabbat when she made challah every week, and not in the leadup to ...
The holiday of Purim, which begins on Monday evening, March 6, commemorates the saving of the Jews of Persia from being killed. The story is recounted in the Book of Esther, which is chanted in ...
Purim doesn't get the same press that Hanukkah and Passover do, but it's twice the fun. How can you not love a holiday on which the Torah commands you to drink until you can't tell the difference ...