Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape from destruction recorded in the Book of Esther. Haman, an early Hitler in ...

The Bible generally urges that punishment not be inflicted without a trial, but Pinhas faced a brazen violation of the ...

Balak precedes the Fast of the Fourth Month (that’s what the navi calls Shiv’a Asar b’Tammuz) almost 80% of the time. That includes, in Chutz LaAretz, the years when Shavuot is Friday-Shabbat an ...

The Red-Green alliance poses a multipronged threat. While the anti-Israel movement’s Jew-hatred has become increasingly blatant and deadly, the superpower we all call home remains its ultimate target.

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

Pittsburgh Regional Transit hopes to make bus and subway rides a little less sour, with a new pickle-themed campaign reminding riders to steer clear of jarring behavior. “Keep it kosher,” one sign ...

We hear from Rabbi Jonah Pesner, director of the Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism, about the significance of Passover and the importance of interfaith collaboration in the fight for justice.

Thousands of Israeli Jews poured into old Jerusalem today to celebrate Shavuot at the Wailing Wall, the holiest of Judaism’s shrines, for the first time in 19 years.

The 2025 Community-wide Tikkun Leil Shavuot on June 1 and June 2 was a success due to the commitment of Senior Rabbi Hal Rudin-Luria and leadership of B’nai Jeshurun Congregation ...

The Last Supper took place during a significant time in the Jewish calendar. Passover, a celebration of God’s miraculous ...