Purim features a fast before the festival. It’s a ritual I need in these dark times.
Ta'anit Esther is an act of mourning, prayer, repentance and remembrance, writes an architect, author and Israeli immigrant.
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News about New York’s religious Jewish communities and synagogues.
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How do we celebrate Purim in a time of mourning? We’re not the first Jews to face that question.
Jewish tradition teaches that life is a mixture of joy and sadness, writes the dean emeritus of Pardes.
On this International Women’s Day, I celebrate the generosity of my forebears in Exodus
The Israelite women who contributed to the tabernacle recognized the deeper gift God had given in the lengthy, exacting instructions for its construction, writes the executive director of Hillel Germany.
