Often affectionately referred to as "Jewish Mardi Gras," Purim is more than just a festive occasion filled with costumes, ...

At Synagogues across the Milwaukee area, you'll find hundreds of people dressed up in all sorts of costumes. Jews across the ...

Jewish people across the world will be celebrating the holiday Purim this week. Purim, celebrated every year on the 14th of ...

The often-repeated verse were Mordechai counsels Esther that she was put in her place as Queen “for such a time as this” ...

Unlike in the story of the Megillah and during the Holocaust, Jews are presently defending their homeland, the country that ...

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, ...

Purim begins on the evening of March 13, 2025, and concludes at sundown on March 14, 2025.

Recounted in the Book of Esther, the spring holiday of Purim is traditionally celebrated with feasting, gift-giving and ...

Many consider this the most joyous day on the Jewish Calendar. My children and their friends at their preschool, for example, ...

The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza.

French Jews will celebrate the festivities of Purim. Fasting, prayers, readings, meals, and costumes—these two days allow ...

On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern ...