The shouts of children in costumes and the popping of balloons filled the social hall of the Beth Sholom Congregation on Sunday for the congregation's annual carnival to celebrate the Purim holiday.

Historically, the greatest threats to Jewish survival have been antisemitism and assimilation. The first quarter of the 21st century has been a moment when we are facing challenges to Jewish ...

Esther’s greatness lies not only in her willingness to speak truth to power, but in choosing the strategic moment to do so.

Today marks the start of the ancient Jewish festival of Purim, which begins at sunset and ends at nightfall tomorrow. It ...

On this Sabbath, we read special verses from the book of Deuteronomy at the end of weekly Torah reading: Remember what Amalek ...

From Eve to Ruth, these biblical baby names are timeless, rich in history and meaning, and have lasting appeal.

The attacks launched by Israel and the United States on the eve of Purim and Iran's retaliation against US bases in the ...

Purim is meant to be loud: a holiday for drinking, dressing up, yelling and retelling a story of miraculous survival. Which means it’s easy to miss a brief but significant verse near the end of the ...

With the biblical tale read on the holiday of Purim twice - once in the evening, once the next morning - it’s occasion to remember a pair of heroic American Mordecais, one by that first name and one ...

The Israeli and U.S. militaries "took decisive action to silence a modern threat from the same ancestral land of Haman," ...

My latest book, “Micah, Nahum, the Turning of the Hourglass”, just went live on Amazon. We have been studying through the Minor Prophets in my adult Sunday school class for several months ...

Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has admitted she is no expert on the Middle East. But her false “genocide” claims against Israel — in Germany, of all places — stokes antisemitism at home. I myself spent ...