Book of Esther

Even though it is only Adar I that is now arriving, nevertheless any Adar brings with it anticipation and a feeling of optimism and satisfaction.…

The Book of Exodus takes us from the foundations of a family in Genesis to the development of a nation. Ironically, the first time the children of…

On long and crowded international flights, creating a minyan can cause tension. Airplane staff and other passengers feel encroached upon by people…

In studying this new book on the ArtScroll publishing empire, I can honestly say that I have lived through several eras of Hebrew- English…

A study by the Tzomet Institute titled "Forbidden sexual relations for the sake of national security" released this week rules that female Mossad…

The riddle of the identity of a 3,200-year-old round bronze tablet with a carved face of a woman has apparently been solved, 13 years after it was…

The issue of contraception in Jewish law remains very sensitive, to the extent that some historically contended that it is appropriate for scholars…

Immediately after the US led military campaign deposed Saddam Hussein, Harold Rhode arrived in Baghdad as part of the Office of Reconstruction and…

* CONSIDERING THE inclement weather, there was a fairly large turnout at Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue on Sunday night for the reading of Megilat…

Eretz Nehederet (A Wonderful Country), Channel 2’s popular and influential satirical show, has highlighted a potential racist undercurrent within…

A hasbara strategy... Sir, – Jeff Barak is only the latest in a steady stream of writers criticizing the efforts of the Ministry of Public Diplomacy…

This Purim, Tamar Bogoch will be reading the ninth chapter of Megilat Esther to a group of women in the same Ramat Eshkol, Jerusalem, synagogue she…

I think that the Scroll of Esther, read on Purim, provides the best critique I know of our present day “situational ethics” environment. What led me…

With each day’s new Dubai police revelations about the assassination of Hamas’s missile-importing murderer Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the plot thickens and…

Injuries to children playing with illegal explosives and flammable costumes accidentally set on fire are 3.5 times more common before and during the…

While Purim revelers are busy preparing their costumes and masks for Sunday’s celebrations, the Antiquities Authority has presented a virtual…

Learning Hebrew Online - Purimby Shira Choen-Regev  The HebrewOnline TeamShalom friends,The holiday ofPurim commemorates the salvation of the Jewish…

Each year on Purim night, after my husband has read the Megila at shul, and repeated the reading again and again for women, guards, elderly people…

Q: The High Court recently censured a Beit Ya'acov girls' school for forcing its Sephardi students to adopt the Ashkenazi Hebrew pronunciation for…

There are many wonderful things to say about the Jewish Theological Seminary, but let's face it - it's not exactly where all the hipsters meet.…