Chabad of Manhasset’s ‘Purim in Persia’ brings joy, tradition and royal celebration to the community. By Long Island Press Posted on March 24, 2025.

Some Jewish people honor Queen Esther's fasting and prayer period with a fast of their own during Purim. This year, those honoring the Purim fast (also called the Fast of Esther) will fast on ...

The Chabad of Charleston Center for Jewish Life will begin their Purim celebrations Thursday evening. This first event will be adults only. It will take place at 525 Meeting Street beginning at 7 p.m.

Purim is an annual festive holiday that celebrates a young Jewish woman’s heroic role in saving her people, and it may have been celebrated as far back as the 5th century B.C.E.

Purim came to be known as the “Jewish Halloween” as many will dress up in costume for Purim, to “mask” their true identity, a symbol of one of Purim’s key themes as Queen Esther hid her Jewish lineage ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jewish people across the world will be celebrating the holiday Purim this week. Purim, celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month Adar, begins on the night of ...

Here's what you need to know about the upcoming Jewish holiday. When is Purim this year? Purim starts at sundown on March 13 and lasts through sundown on March 14.

Purim, a Jewish holiday, will be celebrated this weekend. Here is a guide to the holiday, including various ways to celebrate in New York City.

Today, readers of the Bible are reading their newspapers and seeing history repeat itself. Centuries after Haman’s genocidal antisemitism, the ruler of Iran (the modern name of ancient Persia), Ali ...