(JTA) — When Alyza Lewin became a bat mitzvah in 1977, the fact that she had a ritual ceremony at all was still relatively revolutionary in Orthodox circles. But she took the rite of passage a step ...
Purim commemorates the events recorded in the Megillah (Book of Esther), when the Jewish people in ancient Persia were saved ...
The 32nd Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival JFest, which celebrates performances exploring Jewish history, people and ideas through the arts, will kick off next weekend with the Whole ...
Twenty-eight Middle School students of Great Neck’s North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) – both Ashkenazic and Sephardic – joined together, on Purim Day, to chant the “Gantze Megillah,” (Scroll of Esther ...
The Megillah is read at Chabad Young Philly on Feb. 25. Photo by Jesse Bernstein I was among a group of about 30 people who gathered for a Megillah reading on Feb. 25 at Chabad Young Philly at Broad ...
The festive Jewish holiday of Purim brings its celebrations, songs and costumes to Hudson County synagogues next week as Jewish people celebrate their deliverance from an evil vizier, Haman, who was ...
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