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

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 ...

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

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 ...

One character a large muscular black man who never speaks but carries around a boom box – his name is Radio Rahim – wears two ...

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

Two Israeli airstrikes in the northern town of Beit Lahiya near the border killed at least nine people, according to Gaza's ...

Brother of slain hostage says Israelis will put Netanyahu 'on trial for crimes against the nation of Israel,' as nearby, anti ...

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