A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Print Copy Link Purim, one of the most joyous and dramatic holidays in the Jewish calendar, commemorates the deliverance of the Jewish people from a genocidal plot in ...

Esther gets bathed in bubbles and jewels sits and waits quiet. silent. confused. She waits for a year hoping she doesn’t get ...

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 ...

Often spun from English folklore or French literature, swashbuckler movies usually entail valiant rogues who don't hide from ...

For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence ...

1. Purim is a Jewish national liberation holiday – just like Passover and Chanukah – which highlights the transition of the Jewish people from subjugation to liberty. It is celebrated seven days ...

Magillat Esther, read twice on Purim, tells how the Jews of ancient Persia were threatened with extinction and miraculously ...

Tyler Dawson’s article about the War of 1812 provides a game plan for the country going forward. Dawson articulates that ...

Americans would never accept another nation threatening our country the way Trump insists on doing with Canada ...

Antarctica is like no place on Earth. The "White Continent" has lured explorers and scientists to its stunning, ice-encrusted ...