Photos and story by Robert Kalfus This year’s Purim festivities at Chabad of Yonkers saw people dressed in all individual ...

Step one – as epitomized by Purim – is the struggle to bring the Jews together, to unite as a loving community, albeit in a ...

During the day of Shushan Purim, I normally walk through the city of Jerusalem and stop at one of the Chabad Purim tents ...

In the Scroll of Esther, revenge is a powerful theme, but just as clearly one that leads to confusion and tragedy.

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

Our days in Shushan have ended for this year, yet there is a way of staying here a bit longer because Purim is in the month of Adar. Our rabbis stated: “ Mi-shenikhnas Adar marbim b’simcha; when Adar ...

Purim is hardly over, and the true faces of the haters and loathers have already been revealed. Not so long ago, it was considered best to hide behind a mask and express slanderous incitement against ...

Hebrew scholar and Jewish academic Irene Lancaster reflects on Exodus and its connection to slavery and liberation.

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Eloy Martin, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

We’ve Been Waiting for You!” Aleph sent dozens of rabbinical students to prisons across the country to bring the joy and ...

Police arrested five teenagers in Golders Green, including pupils from Hasmonean Boys School, during Purim celebrations on ...

A brief oasis for peace in the Middle East occurred this past Sunday right here in Vancouver, BC in the broken heart of the ...