Just then, a rope soars past his head, hanging directly in front of him ... and this theme runs through the entire Purim story. Haman and Our Battle Against Amalek As we encounter Purim and ...

Hence these brief, Middle Israeli lines to the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran.DEAR AYATOLLAH, Jews the world over have read with great interest your comments last weekend concerning ...

Achashveirosh never rescinded the decree that citizens attack the Jews on that date; but after the hanging of Haman on Nissan 16 of the previous year and Queen Esther’s pleading on behalf of her ...

Last week, Jeffrey Goldberg found himself with an unlikely invitation to a group chat on Signal with, among others, Pete ...

Due to Esther's courage, Haman was hanged on the gallows that had been arranged for Esther’s caregiver, Mordecai. Ahasuerus issued a new decree allowing the Jewish people to defend themselves against ...

Esther surprisingly replied: “If it pleases the King, let tomorrow also be given to the Jews who are in Shushan to act as they did today, and let Haman’s ten sons be hanged on the gallows.

Step one – as epitomized by Purim – is the struggle to bring the Jews together, to unite as a loving community, albeit in a ...

Esther invited Achashverosh and Haman to a drinking party, which resulted in the hanging of Haman and the salvation of the Jewish people. Since drinking also has the effect of dulling the ...

Today, besides Hamas, Hezbollah, and Ayatollah Khamenei, we are hated by U.N. officials and innumerable college faculty, students, commentators, journalists, and government officials around the world.

Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We dress up as someone else – just as Esther hid her identity (the name ...