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If Jim Henson and Fred Rogers could connect with kids through puppets, why couldn’t Shlomit Tripp? “It’s really important ...
I had the pleasure of acquiring a truly exceptional piece from this rich literary tradition – an Italian manuscript from 1715 that brings together, between two modest covers, some of ...
But then came 80 Haredi boys' schools— Talmud Torahs and yeshivot ketanot —located in such obvious missile magnets as ...
In Jewish tradition, no enemy looms larger — or carries more theological weight — than Amalek. Described in the Bible as the ...
Following US strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, backed by President Donald Trump, Jewish communities across Israel offered ...
In these turbulent times, when the Middle East is literally on fire with missiles from modern-day Persia and fighter planes ...
I'll explain. According to the Purim story, Haman convinced King [Ahasuerus] to sign off on his decree 'to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, from young to old, infants and women, in one day.' ...
In the original Purim story, through a series of serendipitous events — Mordechai saves the Persian Emperor’s life from would-be assassins of the palace guard, Esther becomes the Persian ...
Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...
Today, readers of the Bible are reading their newspapers and seeing history repeat itself. Centuries after Haman’s genocidal antisemitism, the ruler of Iran (the modern name of ancient Persia), Ali ...
Just three months ago, right before Purim, Abraham Schwartz — an adventurous, effusive young man from the Hasidic community — undertook a quest that was dear to his heart. He flew to Iran to find the ...