Just in Time for Purim, author Ilan Sendowski is publishing “Court Intrigue: The Man Who Refused to Kneel.” Sendowski’s book offers a fresh perspective on the timeless story of Megillat Esther. This ...

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To avoid getting into a whole megillah, this brief summary, which includes selections from the midrash, assumes some basic acquaintance with the Biblical Book of Esther (Megillat Esther). The key in ...

The OU Press completes its presentation of Rabbi Norman Lamm’s teachings on the Jewish holidays with this new commentary on the Purim megillah, enhanced with a commentary on the Purim evening ...

From Haifa to Dimona, women are gathering to unfurl the Megillah and let Queen Esther’s voice come through. The feeling, for me and every woman who participates, is that a woman’s reading brings the ...

Area Jewish congregations will usher in the holiday of Purim with readings of the Megillah (Book of Esther) at special services today and tomorrow. Purim is a day of merry-making commemorating the ...

Purim is a day fraught with Paradox. It is the day when God is most hidden, yet most revealed. Like the Invisible Man, whose contours are only perceived when overlaid in bandages, God cannot be ...

JTA — It’s the whole megillah, and more. This month an Israeli artist broke the Guinness World Record for longest megillah, the scroll that tells the story behind the Purim holiday. Avner Moriah’s ...