Fifth, one of the major mitzvot of Purim is giving charity to the poor. This emphasizes the value of generosity and ...

Kings, clowns and princesses mingled Friday night at t Jewish Center with magicians, bears and cowboys. It wasn’t a months-early Halloween party; it was a celebration for the holiday of Purim, which ...

Focusing on a pivotal episode within the Purim story—this crucial conversation between Mordecai and Esther teaches us the ...

The clouds of confusion will clear, sanity will replace lunacy. The hypnotic spell of postmodern confusion will be broken.

The soldiers involved in unauthorized shooting towards the Gaza Strip over the weekend, while reading the Purim Megillah, ...

In the video shared on social media, the reservists are seen firing toward Gazan territory upon hearing the name 'Haman' read ...

Nine IDF reservist soldiers and their platoon commander had been fired from their combat positions for illegally opening fire ...

While the path to eradicate Judaism back then was physical, and today’s is ideological – negating Judaism by negating the ...

One character a large muscular black man who never speaks but carries around a boom box – his name is Radio Rahim – wears two ...

These two senses of shpil capture the essence of Purim, a holiday governed by the topsy-turvy spirit of reversal. Because a verse toward the end of the Scroll of Esther proclaims that Haman’s ...

The scroll of Esther seems historic, not just allegoric. It says very clearly that Haman wanted to kill and exterminate all Jews. He got permission from the Persian King to order the slaughter of all ...

Purim, therefore, is the prototype for Jewish survival during exile. The Divine Providence hidden in apparently random events ...