The Book of Esther is a story with something for everyone: court intrigue, sexual manipulation, and cunning plots foiled just in the nick of time. Depending on one’s point of view, the book can be ...

With Election Day weeks away, both parties are reaching out to people of faith, as those with some religious affiliation are still a large percentage of Americans voters, having with a huge impact.

History and faith can teach us many things if we are willing to listen and learn. If we are brave enough to have them, discussions of these topics can be messy. The lessons learned are not always ...

One of the puzzling halakhot of Purim is Shushan Purim. Jews living in Jerusalem and other towns that have been surrounded by a wall since the days of Yehoshua Bin Nun celebrate on the fifteenth of ...

I have always been fascinated by Purim — a holiday that celebrates a disaster that nearly *happened but didn’t, a planned genocide against the Jewish people in ancient Persia that was subverted at the ...