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This year’s Oscars featured some great Jewish moments, but the most Jewish thing was front and center all night: an emphasis on the importance of representation.

A talking parrot saves the family seder and a moose-musician is eager to host his perfect first Passover meal in a pair of delightful new children's books for the holiday, which this year begins on the night of March 30. A third book celebrates the rich...

One of my friends, Sam, is 5-years-old. Despite his age, I think he genuinely understands that becoming a bar mitzvah is an important moment in a Jewish person’s life.

I love the idea that one of the things we try to do on Purim is increase connection and friendship – and sending gift baskets is the perfect way to do that!

Silencing speech about inconvenient truths about Polish anti-Semitism smacks of Holocaust denial.

During the 1960s, Israeli scientists laid the groundwork that would enable its institutions and hi-tech companies to flourish, creating a global center for innovation.

Despite the imperative to be joyous during the Hebrew month of Adar, I cried recently at the Western Wall during Rosh Chodesh services marking the new month.

Although most Americans may not rank the census as a top policy priority, ensuring a fair and accurate census is critical to the core of our representative democracy.

At the end of M’gillat Esther, the Jewish people celebrate their survival with merrymaking, feasting, and sending gifts to one another and to the poor. As a result, today’s Purim celebration has become inextricable from our obligation to share our bounty with.