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 ...

The leading NYC mayoral candidate faces backlash after sharing a video critics say mocks the holiday, adding to ongoing tensions with New York’s Jewish community.The post ‘Sick’: Jewish group slams ...

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 ...

Rabbi Caryn Aviv finished her book “Unlearning Jewish Anxiety” the same day as a firebomb attack on Pearl Street. She also reflects on the terms antisemitic and anti-Zionist.

It is unconscionable, especially when three out of the five Aspen school board members are Jewish and the school has a large Jewish population, to have school on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.  The ...

“We only play on Sundays. We don’t play on [Jewish] holidays,” said Matt Martin, the JCC’s youth and family program director. “We want everyone from the community to be able to do this. We wanted to ...

The one thing that everyone in the world has in common is that we are all different,” Kabir Kalia said of the lesson learned ...

Like many Jewish holidays, food and drink are exchanged during Purim. Some also give food to the poor so they can participate in the festivities.

The granddaughter of the last Shah of Iran and a Jewish American businessman tied the knot over the weekend in a union that’s being hailed as a modern-day Purim story. Princess Iman Pahlavi celebrated ...

The $298 million township spending plan, released on June 26, includes a 12% tax increase and the hiring of 55 more township ...