Gov. Gavin Newsom and the California Legislature have allocated $14.5 million to sustain the state’s Holocaust Survivor Assistance Program, which provides essential services to more than 2,000 ...

A traveling workshop of TAU's Orit Guardians program discovered two 15th-century Orit books—the oldest found to date in the ...

Preston Damsky, who has spouted antisemitic rhetoric on social media, said his family lineage doesn't have an impact on his ...

You’ll find specialty items that are hard to track down elsewhere in Florida – proper schmaltz (rendered chicken fat, the secret ingredient in many traditional recipes), kishka, real Jewish rye bread ...

If Jim Henson and Fred Rogers could connect with kids through puppets, why couldn’t Shlomit Tripp? “It’s really important that these kids understand that being Jewish is also fun,” Tripp said. “It’s ...

Agudas Chassidei Chabad International called for an awakening ahead of Gimmel Tammuz and is inviting Chassidim to sign a 'pan ...

The Bible contains a story of how a young Jewish woman named Esther became the Queen of Persia and saved the Jews from an ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape from destruction recorded in the Book of Esther. Haman, an early Hitler in ...

Seventy years later, the Persian King Cyrus conquered Babylonia. He invited a group of Judeans to return to the land of Israel under the leadership of Ezra and Nehemiah. With that act, he helped ...

Before ma’amoul were treats served at special occasions, they were simple biscuits that fueled travelers. “‘Ma’amoul’ is not really a fancy word,” says Nawal Nasrallah, an Iraqi food writer and ...

Chabad of Manhasset transported guests back in time with a “Purim in Persia” celebration at the Starry Ballroom.

During the day of Shushan Purim, I normally walk through the city of Jerusalem and stop at one of the Chabad Purim tents where the megillah is read in its entirety, over and over.