Queen Esther, who is Jacob’s rose, and purple, Mordecai, are heroes, for they fought our foes: their names will never die! Oh ...

If you encounter a stranger crying in a public place, what do you do? For many people, a natural instinct is avoidance. Rabbi ...

Leaders bear immense responsibility as humanity may be facing the most crucial decisions in its history – says Yuval Noah ...

Rabbi Yosi says (the failure of) Haman’s power is our authority. Jews should always remember and celebrate our survival and our enemy’s downfall; not with hate, but by joy. Rabbi Simeon says it was ...

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 ...

On March 1, millions of Muslims around the globe ushered in the sacred month of Ramadan, marking the start of a month of ...

Our second grader is about to finish Tractate Berachot at school, and the fascinating phenomena unpacked in Science Behind the Mishnah are a great resource to match his natural curiosity about the ...

The sages tell us that in Jewish tradition there are different days on the Jewish calendar that can be considered the new year (Mishnah, Rosh Hashana 1:1). For the trees, that day is in the month ...

A college student recently asked me if it was “worth it” to stay up-to-date on politics and to be actively trying to make change. Her country, she said, was in some political upheaval, and while she ...

(JTA) — As an avid book collector who operates an independent Jewish press, Larry Yudelson was excited to learn that a new, annotated version of the Mishnah, the earliest compendium of Oral ...