Amidst all the hullabaloo of the Purim celebrations—all the excitement, the simcha and the many deep messages of the chag—there is something very strange about

Everything in the Purim story happened so quickly. Out of nowhere, an unknown upstart named Haman rose to power and launched a genocidal plan against

Everyone is talking about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Such incredible upheaval and destruction! It seems random, but we know from our own Purim story that

Words In the Megillah והאחשׁדרפנים (9:3): This word has 11 Hebrew letters. This makes it one of the three longest words in Tanach. There are

A verse in Devarim declares לֹא תִתְגֹּדְדוּ, that the Jewish people, who are Hashem’s children, and His select and consecrated nation, shouldn’t gash themselves in

Irena Sendler of Warsaw, Poland died on May 12, 2008 at the ripe age of 98. During the Second World War, Irena got permission to

We live in a world where the way we identify is typically very much tied to our accomplishments and our roles. We feel defined by

“Is the Toyota Sienna yours?” “Yes, why?” “I am so so sorry, but I smashed your rear window.” It happened as I finished a meeting

We are truly living in a golden age of curmudgeonry. This past year, I didn’t attend a single simcha, share a Shabbos meal, or dance

Over the past decade, once disdained traditional Jewish foods have come back into vogue—but these are not your momma’s mandelbrot. These gefilte-filled noshes have been

Spectators were shocked to discover Shushan’s most important adviser, Haman, completely drenched in trash! He looked … Let’s just say he looked quite interesting. The