The Biblical Book of Esther tells us to celebrate the defeat of Haman and his Jew hating followers: “…celebrate annually the fourteenth and fifteenth days of the month of Adar as a time when Jews got ...
Metropolitan areas include all the suburbs of a major city, which for Tel Aviv means large towns like Ramat Gan and Holon, ...
Big Spring, Texas / / November 14, 2025 / Wordsmith World Key Takeaways The Book of Esther tells the remarkable story of a Jewish orphan who became Queen of Persia and saved her people from genocide ...
In the two years since Oct. 7, 2023, many American Jews have wrestled with trauma and fractured identities, feeling disconnected from their cultural and spiritual roots. Enter Shefa, an ...
When the public wants quiet and diplomats crave closure, the temptation is to pretend a problem has been managed when it has ...
After traveling the world, Maayan and Ashriel Ashush opened Bet Halev in the beach town of Varkala, welcoming thousands of ...
Opinion

A New Jewish Plotline

But Jewish power is often mere subtext to our story. Acknowledging it can feel like giving fuel to antisemites, who see in those statistics evidence of a vast con spiracy. That’s not the only reason ...
America’s favorite unorthodox couple, atheist podcaster Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Orthodox Jewish rabbi Noah (Adam Brody), ...
U.S. President Donald Trump has sparked controversy with remarks targeting New York mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani on the eve of the city’s election. In a Truth Social post, Trump urged Jewish ...
An anti-Israel transgender rabbi who was once tossed out of the White House has become the face of a “Jews for Zohran” ad — as she tries to rally support for socialist mayoral front-runner Zohran ...
The author discusses the origins of the Hamites and Shemites (or Semites). He states that the original Israelites were of the Black race and that the biblical Abraham (or Abram) was a Black Shemite (a ...