Joy is a very holy pursuit. And no day exemplifies this more than Purim.

More than accomplishment, Judaism values effort.

The battle between these two Venetian presses became so intense that complaints reached the revered Rabbi Moshe Isserles (the Rema) in Krakow.

Peter Beinart is not the first person to accuse Jews of genocide in the Purim story. It is a staple of antisemites. Beinart’s perversion is to make this accusation while posing as a committed Jew.

Purim is a holiday of paradoxes. It celebrates […] ...

Genealogists volunteering for the Looted Books Project recently returned a volume to a 103-year-old Holocaust survivor in Florida who was given the book in 1930 as a gift for her good performance in ...

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

Despite the mitzvah’s relatively modest baseline, many people exchange dozens of food gifts with family, friends and ...

Israel’s softheartedness is a big problem. I’m not advocating that Israelis copy the inhuman, atrocious behavior of our enemies, but there must be a change from Israel trying to please the UN (won’t ...

A New Orleans-area group decries the state’s efforts to use nitrogen gas to execute death row inmates because, members say, ...

If you encounter a stranger crying in a public place, what do you do? For many people, a natural instinct is avoidance. Rabbi Sharon Brous has a much different reaction.