The Hidden Miracle of Purim
How does the Megillah, which does not even mention G-d’s name, teach modern generations to see all of Jewish history as more than just a meaningless chain of events?
“Asher Yotzar”: A Lesson in Medicine
“And all I could think of was that small vein, open, and spilling out that precious red life fluid.”
Sukkah in Bavaria
The US Army Engineers were ready to tackle the problem—one deluxe sukkah for the Jewish Chaplain.
Tisha B’Av 1942
This true story appeared in the August 1953 issue of Jewish Life, the precursor to Jewish Action.