At the heart of Purim is the story of Esther, a Jew who conceals and then reveals her identity, ultimately using her position ...

Purim begins on the evening of March 13, 2025, and concludes at sundown on March 14, 2025.

What can we learn from the Purim story that can help us navigate living with this partial redemption? How do we move to a paradigm of complete redemption?

I wrote a column on the benefits of the Mediterranean diet. At a talk I gave in January on this subject for the Siegal ...

Meanwhile, the king's evil vizier, Haman, plots a genocide of Jews throughout the empire, and wins the king's blessing to undertake the massacre on the 14th day of the month of Adar. Esther's ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim is all about joy, family and serving the community. Here are some common traditions that are ...

The holiday celebrates the overturning of a decree in ancient Persia that called for the annihilation of the Jewish people. It is observed with the reading of the Megillah or the ...

He died on March 15, 1957. He was posthumously acquitted. Boehler is Jewish, and Israel is far from happy about his meeting ...

On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern ...

One of Purim’s defining themes is emphasized by the point in the Megillah when the Jews’ circumstances suddenly flip in their ...