(JTA) — One year ago, in the days leading up to Purim, my co-workers and I were understandably tense. The novel coronavirus, still quite novel to the United States, had prompted a slew of difficult ...

Of all the prophets, none has ever been so close to the Divine as Moses. God spoke to him face-to-face, “as one speaks to a friend.” But when it came to human relationships, his brother, Aaron, was ...

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While the priest plays the main role in its celebration, invaluable assistance is provided by the faithful – altar servers, ...

Of all feast days and holy days of the year, which one day is the holiest ... to Jews? Hopefully, before I said “to Jews,” you were thinking of Easter, which, for us, is the solemnity of solemnities, ...