(Courtesy of Valley Chabad) Valley Chabad invites the entire community to join in the Pascack Valley’s annual Grand Purim Extravaganza on Thursday, March 17, at

(Courtesy of JCCOTP) Shop for a cause at the free and open to the community, one-day-only, Spring Boutique at the Kaplen JCC on the Palisades

(Courtesy of Anshe Chesed) What happened to Betuel, Chur and On ben Pelet, three characters who “disappear” from Tanach? Last week, Nechama Price delivered the

A blood drive to be held by the Hebrew Institute of Riverdale (HIR) on Sunday, March 20, will be an opportunity for donors to perform

(Courtesy of BCHA) Rabbi Elchanan Poupko, a popular Jewish writer, teacher, speaker and blogger, and Rabbi Ari Perl, a vice president at LiveOnNY, will highlight

Westchester Jewish Council will launch its Jewish Literacy program on Thursday, March 31 at 7:30 p.m. at Young Israel of Scarsdale (also via Zoom), with

While many holidays in the Jewish calendar cycle involve readings of different passages in the Tanach, the reading of Megillat Esther on Purim stands apart

(Courtesy of Valley Chabad) After missing two years due to the pandemic, Valley Chabad’s Eternal Flame was excited to relaunch its seventh teen fellowship program

As COVID appears to wind down (hopefully!), Meir Panim’s branches are gearing up with renewed energy to welcome patrons back to the branches for an

The phones at ORA are always ringing. In the 10-plus years since I’ve started advocating for agunot, the need for get-refusal work has never slowed

Highlighting: “The Concealed and the Revealed: The Royal Intrigue and Divine Irony of the Purim Miracle” by Rabbi Daniel Glatstein. Artscroll Mesorah Publications. 2021. English.

Rav Dov Singer and Yeshivat Makor Chaim hosted over 2,000 people at Jerusalem’s “First Station” for their monthly festive Rosh Chodesh tefillah. Every Rosh Chodesh