Instead of giving my 13-year-old daughter a generational Hebrew name, a few years ago, while attending Hebrew School at ...

As Jews marked Purim, Iran’s Khamenei denied the Holocaust, echoing past enemies. History proves one thing: Jews remember, ...

A bout 700 feet from Zambezi National Park and less than a 10-minute drive to Mosi-oa-Tunya, a.k.a. Victoria Falls, one of ...

Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz (left) reads the Scroll of Ester during a celebration of Purim holiday in a synagogue in Kharkiv on ...

His student Rava counters that Hallel is not recited on Purim, because Purim is not comparable to the Exodus. In the Exodus, ...

Hamid Rahmanian has made it his life’s work to share the richness of Iranian culture. “Song of the North,” at the New Victory Theater, is just the latest installment.

The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had ...

ToI's diplomatic reporter talks about the complex historical ties between the two peoples -- and why Israel was arming Iran ...

French Jews will celebrate the festivities of Purim. Fasting, prayers, readings, meals, and costumes—these two days allow ...

The Jewish Community Center, 505 Gypsy Lane, Youngstown, will host a Purim Carnival noon to 3 p.m. Sunday. The family ...

First of all, Rabbi Kahane isn’t with us anymore. Secondly, AIPAC would never have invited him to address their assembly. They wouldn’t want to hear what he had to say. First he would have told all of ...

At Synagogues across the Milwaukee area, you'll find hundreds of people dressed up in all sorts of costumes. Jews across the globe are celebrating Purim.