As the Jewish community celebrated the second night of Hanukkah, they are also remembering the 15 people killed a day earlier ...

Fannie Mae is set to take control of the tallest apartment building in downtown Louisville after owner Mordechai Weiss failed to make payments on its loan shortly after closing on the loan. Fannie ...

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According to a tradition dating back to at least the 1100s, Mordechai and Esther were buried in a mausoleum in Hamadan, believed to be the ancient city of Shushan mentioned in the Book of Esther. The ...

Rava said: A person is obligated to drink on Purim until he is so intoxicated that he does not know the difference between “cursed is Haman” and “blessed is Mordechai.” (Megillah 7b) I will never ...

In anticipation of writing this year’s Purim column, I realized that I am hopelessly ambivalent about Purim 5785. Last year was difficult enough. But considering the unimaginable pain that collective ...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida man has been charged with two counts of attempted murder after opening fire on two men in Miami Beach who he thought were Palestinians. According to an arrest report ...

A 27-year-old man named Mordechai Brafman has been arrested in Miami Beach for allegedly targeting and shooting at two individuals he believed to be Palestinians. The victims, visiting from Israel, ...

Mordechai Brafman, 28, a staunch pro-Israel supporter, fired 17 rounds at a father and son in Miami Beach, wounding both. Believing he had killed them, he reportedly told police, “I killed two ...

MIAMI — A man is facing charges following accusations that he opened fire on a vehicle in Miami Beach Saturday night after he saw two men in it who he thought were Palestinians, arrest documents said.

A man accused of shooting two people he identified as Palestinians 17 times in Miami Beach on Saturday night was arrested on attempted murder charges, police said. Mordechai Brafman, 27, was charged ...