Haman (Bible)

‘Do not make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land to which you are going... lest thou make a covenant with the inhabitants of the land, and go…

As Jews, we were brought up to reject all forms of hatred and religious prejudice, and this was reinforced by the Holocaust. Revulsion of racial…

Do as the Palestinians doSir, – People claim that Jews are such a smart people. It seems we should take a page from the Palestinians’ book: We should…

An Iranian Jewish man, his wife, and their teenage son were arrested on Wednesday evening at Ben-Gurion Airport on suspicion of smuggling 15.4…

The multitude of carnivals and celebrations that make up Purim are now behind us. In the traditional phrase, we “increased our joy.” What other…

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

On Purim, the president of Syria played host to the modern-day Persian who would be the new Haman and several of his henchmen. They marked the…

VANCOUVER – Boy does this town know how to throw a Purim party. In a spectacle of pyrotechnics, whimsy and thoroughly overdone pageantry, Vancouver…

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…

When my sisters and I were young, chubby and growing up in a Jewish suburb of New York City in the mid-20th century, before play dates and Play-Doh,…

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…

The spike in violence in Israel - particularly the recent, high-profile murder of children - has once again ignited the national debate over capital…

The Babylonian sage Rav Ketina was once walking along the road (B. Brachot 59a). When he passed the door of a necromancer, the ground thundered with…

They call the Jews the "People of the Book." Now, the assumption is that the book referred to is the Holy Bible, and that we are both the…

Why does the Megila say "a Jewish man was in the capital of Shushan and his name was Mordechai," when there were many Jewish people who lived in…

Apology, and a hope Sir, - I want to apologize, on behalf of the Swedish people, for the decision of the Malmo local authorities to forbid…

There is an ever-popular Israeli children's song which asks "Why can't every day be Shabbat?" Despite the plethora of songs about the upcoming…

The rising wind of anti-Semitism is once again threatening our people, from the Dubai tennis games to the anti-Israel Durban conference, to the…

Sixty-five years ago this week, American Jews gathered in their synagogues to celebrate Purim, the holiday recalling how a Jewish woman used her…