Looking for a modern Queen Esther? Here she is: a Jewish woman, embodying diversity, who stands up for Zionism.

The National Library of Israel is lending the 400-year-old artifact to the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah ...

Thursday evening marks the start of the 24-hour celebration of Purim so members of the Lowcountry community are preparing to ...

In their defiance, they embody Purim’s hidden truth: when G-d’s name fades, His spirit surges through those who dare to act, a presence diffused in every shout, every unyielding step. What is freedom, ...

Rabbi Yosi says (the failure of) Haman’s power is our authority. Jews should always remember and celebrate our survival and our enemy’s downfall; not with hate, but by joy. Rabbi Simeon says it was ...

Jews and their state are portrayed in the most vicious light, ignoring both the ongoing existential threats that Israel faces ...

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, ...

At a recent film screening on end-of-life care centering a Jewish family’s experience—a topic I was drawn to because of my ...

‘The Book of Esther in the Age of Rembrandt’ The Jewish Museum, 1109 Fifth Ave., Manhattan Through August 10 ...

American Jews should stand up against a movement that coopts Queen Esther, a Jewish heroine, to attack free speech and queer ...

For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence ...