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

In Jewish tradition, no enemy looms larger — or carries more theological weight — than Amalek. Described in the Bible as the ...

Following US strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, backed by President Donald Trump, Jewish communities across Israel offered special prayers of thanks, calling it a historic turning point and a ...

This record was behind the 2019 Nobel Prize in economics awarded to Banerjee, his wife and J-PAL cofounder Esther Duflo, and their friend and frequent collaborator, Harvard economist Michael Kremer.

In these turbulent times, when the Middle East is literally on fire with missiles from modern-day Persia and fighter planes ...

While there is no evidence that there have been any antisemitic attacks against Iran’s 2,700-year-old Jewish community since Israel began its preemptive assault on the Islamic Republic’s nuclear and ...

Starring Emily Alyn Lind, Mamie Gummer, Caitlin FitzGerald, Candice King, David Morse, Shubham Maheshwari, Esther McGregor, Joseph Zada and Rahul Kohli, the captivating drama has audiences hooked. We ...

‘Esther and Mordechai Writing the First Purim Letter’ by Aert de Gelder, c. 1685 (credit: WIKIPEDIA) And it is in Iran that, according to some, a similar turnabout has taken place.

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 ...

Esther Rosalee Brumley Wittu died on June 9, 2025 at the age of 100 years and 9 months. She was born September 10, 1924. Preceding her in death are her parents James and Dora (Fairchild) Brumley.

Just three months ago, right before Purim, Abraham Schwartz — an adventurous, effusive young man from the Hasidic community — undertook a quest that was dear to his heart. He flew to Iran to find the ...