Swimming with the tide: Athlete, actor, volunteer and Israeli supporter Mark Spitz
Fifty years after the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich, swimmer Mark Spitz is still a household name and a Jewish legend. He is best known for winning seven gold medals in the 1972 games....
Bringing Purim joy to Ukrainian refugees
A group of 28 Yeshiva University students on a humanitarian relief mission in Vienna brought smiles to the faces of hundreds of Jewish Ukrainian refugees this Purim with dancing, singing, food, games and crafts....
Surfside, Fla., elects its first Orthodox Jewish mayor
Shlomo Danziger was elected on Tuesday to be the first Orthodox Jewish mayor of Surfside, Fla.
Danziger, 42, beat two incumbents—Mayor Charles Burkett by 33 votes and Vice Mayor Tina Paul by 23 votes—and garnered...
Hungarian Jews mark Purim with Ukrainian refugees, stressing peace
Hundreds, most of them refugees from Ukraine, attended the Purim ceremony at the Zsilip Jewish Cultural Centre and Synagogue in Budapest, where they heard the reading of the Megillah.
Prior to the program, the EMIH-Hungarian...
Purim: From Exodus to Esther
The 14th of Adar, Purim, is one of my favorite holidays. I love dressing in costumes, getting together with my community and partying with friends. Hopefully, we do this more than once a year!...
Chabad in Kishinev looks to provide Purim cheer for Ukrainian refugees
The narrow alleyway leading to the Chabad House in Kishinev, Moldova, was blocked by a truck; the beautiful, 130-year-old synagogue is undergoing a comprehensive overhaul. Workers are pouring concrete.
“We planned on only doing a...
PURIM: Only a Jew Know his History
Purim is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people from Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews. This took place in the ancient Achaemenid Persian Empire. The story is recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. It is also known as the Feast of Lots.
Verter fun der Vokh – Happy Purim!
Purim nonsense rhyme:
אַ גוטן פּו֜רים, אַ֜לע׳ך <מלאך>!
וווּ איך גיי פֿאַל איך,
די באָרד איז מיר לאַנג,
דאָס ווײַב איז מיר קראַנק,
הײַנט איז פּו֜רים, מאָרגן איז אויס –
גיט מיר אַ פּע֜ני <גראָשן> און וואַרפֿט מיך אַרויס!
First-of-its-kind Samaritans showcase to be unveiled in New York on March 27
The Samaritans have been around for thousands of years, tracing their lineage to the “lost” northern tribes of Israel and living alongside Jews, Christians and Muslims for centuries.
Yet this ancient group remains a mystery,...
The secret life of Purim costumes
It was precisely 10 years ago that Sharon Abeles snapped her first picture of a kid in his Purim costume.
And she was hopelessly hooked. “I could feel I was catching him at a magical...