A rabbi who claims he suffered ear damage at an anti-Israel protest is speaking out after protesters who falsely accused him ...

This year, the festival is extended to three days in walled cities – adding the day before and the day after – giving rise to ...

The most well-known Jewish holiday is probably either Passover or Hanukkah. Passover is prescribed in the Bible, while ...

“That means you understood it perfectly.” At first glance, the Purim story seems relatively straightforward: A beautiful Jewish girl becomes queen of an ancient Persian empire, thwarts a ...

Step one – as epitomized by Purim – is the struggle to bring the Jews together, to unite as a loving community, albeit in a ...

The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza.

Helen Ready’s 1971 women’s liberation anthem, “I Am Woman Hear Me Roar,” comes to mind when I think of Purim. Remember Esther ...

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen ...

As Harvard wages the necessary battle to defend what truly matters in its looming battle with the administration — the ...

The folk singer Tom Lehrer penned a famous ditty in which he alluded to spending Jewish holidays in places where the name of ...