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Harrisburg, Pennsylvania — we are the capital city of the Commonwealth. No, Pennsylvania’s capital is not in Philadelphia. Several years ago ...

Last year I rediscovered Megillat Ruth. On the morning of the second day of Shavuot I joined a closely knit ...

“Ima, can you help me with my chapter of megillah?” My thirteen-year old son Davi, who recently became a Bar ...

Purim for Jews is a public riot, but in our family we celebrate Purim quietly.  My brother Daniel can’t hear and our ...

Two summers ago I was having a relaxed conversation with Judy Heicklen, the president of JOFA. She mentioned to me ...

I’ve always really liked Purim. When I was younger, my main interest in the holiday was dressing up in fun ...

I could never have anticipated the impact that reading Perek Daled (chapter four) of Megillat Esther would have on my ...

Reading the Torah has always fascinated me. I grew up in a home of leyners (readers of Torah, traditionally men) ...

This blog post was written shortly after Purim 2013. If you’re reading megillah this year and need help learning the ...

Purim and drama have always been passions in my family. This year they intertwined in a totally unexpected and unique ...