The most well-known Jewish holiday is probably either Passover or Hanukkah. Passover is prescribed in the Bible, while ...

We have just passed the Jewish holiday of Purim, a time to commemorate the story of Queen Esther, who saved the Jewish people ...

Newark Advocate Faith Works columnist Jeff Gill launches his four-week overview of the Bible's 66 books, starting from the ...

The Book of Esther was the last of the 24 books of the Hebrew Bible to be canonized. Its story of courtly drama and thwarted tragedy is usually dated to the fourth or fifth century before the common ...