The names of the days in Greek represent a historical shift, with Christian traditions deliberately overwriting the pagan calendar.

The timing of Israel’s strike, days before the holiday, prompted religious and political figures to invoke themes from the ...

To celebrate Purim, many Jews bake and eat a pastry called hamantaschen. The three-cornered cookie is named after Haman's hat. This dessert is generally filled with poppy seed or jam, but other ...

Carlson’s insisted that Israelis should undergo genetic testing to determine if they have a rightful claim to the land of ...

Purim 2026 begins March 2. Here's what the Jewish holiday represents, why it's celebrated and why it's not 'Jewish Halloween' ...

The objection sounds reasonable until you open a history book – at which point it collapses entirely, because the relationship between Jews and Persians is not a geopolitical convenience manufactured ...

With the publication in 1776 – 250 years ago this coming July 4 – of the Declaration of Independence, the United States became the first nation in the West and beyond to come into existence in ...

Purim and Yom Kippur, also called Yom Kippurim, are opposing mirror images of each other. Each provides the missing half that the other lacks and this year they merge as we celebrate in the midst of a ...

Seeing all this, I am almost certain that many of you are feeling something strange inside. It somehow feels like this war is ...

In its 1965 declaration "Nostra Aetate," the Second Vatican Council affirmed the spiritual patrimony between Christians and ...

Ruach is a Hebrew word for the state of organized readiness that lets people stay coherent and collaborative when the systems around them stop providing the continuity innovation requires.