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

This war is not about religion – it is about who truly values life. And that is a battle Israel will always fight and always ...

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

The Lubavitcher Rebbe taught that joy is an active force that can literally change reality, breaking through the toughest ...

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 ...

In the month of Adar we are called to increase in joy. The call comes to us—an echo of an ancient celebration recorded in an ...

while the Jewish calendar marked the arrival of the month of Adar, a time of joy, resilience, and salvation from destruction. These two months – sacred in their respective traditions – offer a ...