From ancient Persia to today, Purim shows how prayer, unity, and courage shape Jewish history and identity.

The objection sounds reasonable until you open a history book – at which point it collapses entirely, because the ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. (RNS) — Since its inclusion in the Hebrew Bible, the Book of Esther has been embraced in different ways and in ...

Israel attack on Iran began, Jews around the world celebrated Purim, the ancient feast commemorating Esther’s rescue of the ...

(JTA) — In Jewish time, history often has a way of rhyming with the calendar. So when Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei was killed in an Israeli air strike on the Shabbat before Purim — the holiday ...

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the ...

For the first time this season, Darryn Peterson has fallen from our projected No. 1 spot in the 2026 NBA draft. There still isn't a consensus answer for who's the top prospect is, but the support for ...

What are your thoughts about what the war with Iran is likely to accomplish for the Christians there? Will a new leader arise who will be harsher, or will they be more tolerant?