The Rebbe was not only a brilliant scholar, but he was also a leader who taught us to live with faith that reaches beyond reason. He reminded us that doing a mitzvah, even one we don’t fully ...

A tractate concerning Jewish monetary law from the Babylonian Talmud, scribed in 1721 by a 12-year-old Amschel Moses ...

In these turbulent times, when the Middle East is literally on fire with missiles from modern-day Persia and fighter planes ...

A letter sent to Yarden Bibas from the Academy of the Hebrew Language. (credit: Academy of the Hebrew Language) For Purim this year, children across the country dressed in orange capes with Batman ...

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on Purim and Jewish-Christian dialogue. Purim starts tonight and in Israel lasts till Monday. Based on the Book of Esther which we read ...

But with that said, Purim falls on a Thursday and Friday in 2025, so you don't have to keep it low-key because it's nearly the weekend. You can even go all-out with a festive Purim party.

The larger-than-life oil painting, “Jewish Heroine (probably Esther) from the Hebrew Bible,” depicts a woman wearing a sumptuous crimson and gold gown sitting on a chair while a man dresses ...

“Coming up to Purim, we’re looking around to something that’s in the news that’s not too serious but might take people in,” said Keren David, managing editor at the London-based Jewish Chronicle, ...

The text is read on the Sabbath immediately preceding Purim, where we read in the Book Esther about the planned slaughter of the Jews by Haman. I chanted that text Saturday, Feb. 28, at Shaarey Zedek.

Cookies, popcorn and colorful decorations — all typical Purim fare — awaited Hebrew High students as they filed into the Ina Levine Jewish Community Campus in Scottsdale on March 19. Teens chatted, ...