Spring is marked in many faiths and cultures through ritual, holidays, and celebrations. For Jews around the world, March and April bring two significant holidays, reminding us to recognize the hidden ...

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Two Seminole County high schools will host their senior prom on April 12, the Jewish holiday of Passover, proof that the ...

Love is said to be blind because it covers a multitude of wrongdoing. That is another reason why it hurts. It hurts to ...

When Moses comes down from Mount Sinai, he’s holding the rules by which they were to live and sees this golden calf party.

When plagued by the troubles of this world, actress Alexa PenaVega uses her relationship with God to calm her anxieties.

The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where ...

What does it mean to love our children equally? It’s a question that many families wrestle with, especially when each parent’s and child’s personality, needs, and circumstance vary so widely.

Jewish American artists were at the heart of the comics industry - and a closer read of beloved characters reflects fears ...

Whatever the occasion, from an everyday supper to holiday dinner, food helps bind us together, forming a collective memory. If more of us shared a table, maybe we’d learn to understand each other a ...

It takes creativity to embrace an invisible God. It takes strength to worship a God who exists, who lives, but who does not “do.” ...

It’s a spectacular true story. When we step into the Israelite’s sandals, applying it to our lives, we gain insight and ...