In 2009 the Hebrew festival of Purim falls on March 10.  Literally translated Purim means "lots" as in lottery and is a reference to a selection process of sacrifice used by the evil Persian ruler Haman, who ruled by the grace of the Persian king known as Xerxes I, to... read more...

David Suissa writes in the Jewish Journal: The second event that has fueled my optimism happened at my friend Rabbi David Wolpe’s Sinai Temple. For those of you who were around about seven years ago, you might remember that a good chunk of the Orthodox community wanted to run the Conservative ...