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

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

Clearly, we are called to review the story of Purim even after its initial reading because it contains crucial lessons for every generation. Indeed, the Jerusalem Talmud’s “Tractate Megillah ...

On Purim this year, there will be an unusual occurrence. What will it be? Outside Israel, the megillah is normally read on Purim (March 14), and then read the next day on Shushan Purim (March 15).

Wherever we travel, wherever we find ourselves in this vast world, all we have to do is pay attention, look around, maybe put ...

In addition to the core activities of reading the Megillah, sending gifts (mishloach manot), and donating three half shekels ...

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