Jewish and Israeli Holidays
“This will not be allowed to gain a foothold,” said the Israeli prime minister.
As in hamantaschen ... check out this recipe for a “drunken” treat.
For the festive holiday meal, many serve dishes incorporating pulses like peas, beans and nuts.
“It is a story about the necessity of Jewish power as a form of group protection—of lobbying, rallying, activism and sticking one’s neck out for one’s fellow Jew,” says Wendy Zierler, a rabbi and a professor of modern Jewish literature and feminist studies at Hebrew Union College‒Jewish Institute of Religion.
El Al and Arkia flight attendants are distributing Purim packages to passengers before they board the plane to be distributed to a fellow Jew in a different country.
Holiday unity is urged in a time of intense political division.
The measure comes after the High Court nixed the longstanding holiday status quo in 2020.
The “Shakespeare Haggadah” ties together an author’s love of the playwright and the “inherent flexibility” the story of the Exodus provides.
A Jewish film festival in Philadelphia marks the animated movie’s anniversary.
The annual event, hosted in New York City, fosters a sense of Jewish community for students from North America and around the world.
As the E Street Band opens a U.S. and European tour following a long absence, Jewish “Spring-Nuts” share what it’s like to be faithful to God and the Boss.
The Israeli prime minister planted an olive tree close to the synagogue where a Palestinian terrorist killed seven people last month.
