You’ll find specialty items that are hard to track down elsewhere in Florida – proper schmaltz (rendered chicken fat, the secret ingredient in many traditional recipes), kishka, real Jewish rye bread ...

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The world is in the middle of a series of significant celestial events that could portend a message about Israel.

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Today, readers of the Bible are reading their newspapers and seeing history repeat itself. Centuries after Haman’s genocidal antisemitism, the ruler of Iran (the modern name of ancient Persia), Ali ...

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In “The Earth Is the LORD’s and the Fulness Thereof,” the British theologian Morris Joseph (1848-1930) writes about the purpose of Shavuot, the holiday during which the book of Ruth is read and that ...

Israelis are seen in costume for the holiday of Purim, in Jerusalem. (credit: FLASH90) “Our nation has endured so much,” a resident of the capital said.

Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates events told in the Book of Esther. Synagogues throughout the island this week marked the Jewish holiday of Purim with festive celebrations.