Last year, Purim was a final hurrah before the pandemic and subsequent shutdown. This year, it represents the new normal for student gatherings –– celebrating with a mix of in-person and remote events ...

DURHAM, N.C. (WTVD) -- The Chabad of Durham and Chapel Hill prayed for Ukraine during their annual Purim celebration on Sunday. The annual festival commemorates Queen Esther, who helped free the Jews ...

Jan Lievens, "The Feast of Esther" (c. 1625), oil on canvas (image courtesy North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh / Bridgeman Images) The Jewish Museum’s latest exhibition, The Book of Esther in the ...

(RNS) — I have written a great deal about antisemitism lately — for good reason. But opposite that, philosemitism refers to when gentiles love, admire and feel a sense of solidarity with the Jewish ...