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

The Jewish holiday of Purim is traditionally a wild and woolly festival in which costumes, noise making and drinking are ...

Step one – as epitomized by Purim – is the struggle to bring the Jews together, to unite as a loving community, albeit in a ...

This is Esther’s gift to us on Purim: To set aside our logic and rationality, no matter what we have done or failed to do in ...

Nine IDF reservist soldiers and their platoon commander had been fired from their combat positions for illegally opening fire ...

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Video shows Yehuda Gerami dancing with students, reading megillah scroll at site believed by local community to be in ancient ...

And then, they sanctified this defiled space with the ancient words of Megillat Esther: "For the Jews, there was light and ...

Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish kids wear costumes ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP ...

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish ...