Jews all over the world share the story of the Book of Esther on Purim, also known as the megillah, which recounts the full story of the Purim miracle.

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

Preston Damsky made headlines for writing an essay arguing for the revokation of voting writes for non-white people.

Purim Spiel: Dog Birthright, the newest frontier Israeli tourism, caters to the furriest Jews Amelia the dog enjoying the sunshine at a Tel Aviv cafe. (photo credit: JOANIE MARGULIES) ...

Following US strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, backed by President Donald Trump, Jewish communities across Israel offered ...

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 ...

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

The Romaniote Jews of Ioannina are a Greek-speaking ethnic Jewish community native to Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean ...

I'll explain. According to the Purim story, Haman convinced King [Ahasuerus] to sign off on his decree 'to destroy, kill and annihilate all the Jews, from young to old, infants and women, in one day.' ...

According to Sternfeld, around 20,000 Jews left Iran between 1948 and 1953 — primarily from the poorest segments of society — drawn by the economic opportunities that Israel offered.

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 ...