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 ...

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

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

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.

I love Purim rituals. But the megillah is, in 2025, a document that doesn't support the values I'm trying to advance in my ...

This week’s Torah portion, Ki Tisa, provides us a powerful reflection on human nature, faith, and the psychological ...

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

No doubt, hostages who were murdered in captivity also included Elders; but, like the original Elders, we don’t know the specifics. But we know this: Unlike ancient Biblical times, ours is a ...

While the book is a work of fiction, Sendowski ensures that it remains faithful to the historical and textual integrity of ...

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