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 ...

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

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

This year, the festival is extended to three days in walled cities – adding the day before and the day after – giving rise to ...

His student Rava counters that Hallel is not recited on Purim, because Purim is not comparable to the Exodus. In the Exodus, the Israelites were freed from the tyranny of Pharaoh, whereas on Purim, we ...

"2,500 years later an enemy of the Jewish people arose in that land. He, too, wants to destroy and annihilate the seed of the Jews from the face of the earth." ...

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

The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where ...

Rabbi Moshe Moskovitz (left) reads the Scroll of Ester during a celebration of Purim holiday in a synagogue in Kharkiv on ...

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