How many books of the Tanach begin with a story made for the tabloids? The Book of Esther jumps right in with a dramatic ...

This article originally published at 126 hours of grief and healing in Truckee, California.

This is trauma raised to a fever pitch. We are building our sanctuary in a landscape of chaos, racism, and rising antisemitism that seeks to make us feel homeless in our own skin.

This week’s Torah portion, T’rumah, represents another abrupt shift in focus within the book of Exodus from the mostly legal material of last week’s portion, Mishpatim, to the first of ...

For Purim, the Jewish communities of North Africa bake a special Purim bread roll called Ojos de Haman (eyes of Haman), with a whole egg cradled in the bread, with two strips of dough on top forming ...