Get your party on; Purim is almost here!The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen Esther ...

The Story Behind Purim. Purim commemorates the dramatic events recorded in the Book of Esther, set in ancient Persia around the 5th century BCE.

As Esther was hiding she was Jewish, the costumes worn at Purim can remind people of the masks they wear during their everyday lives and consider if they are being true to the themselves, Zober said.

What Is Purim? The Story of the Jewish Holiday. 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 ...

This Purim, Esther and Mordechai Would Like to Have a Word with You. ... In anticipation of writing this year’s Purim column, I realized that I am hopelessly ambivalent about Purim 5785.

“Esther was not unlike their own ancestors and families,” Rapoport said. The exhibits gallery, which begins with a survey of Jewish history in Amsterdam, holds a collection of illustrated ...

Esther clearly has the edge in Purim costumes, but Vashti’s stock is on the rise in Jewish feminist literature. Vashti’s is a one-chapter story; she exits the stage, and the news cycle moves on.

One of the staples of Purim is the reading of The Megillah, also known as The Book of Esther. It's done once on Purim night ...

One of the staples of Purim is the reading of The Megillah, also known as The Book of Esther. It's done once on Purim night (this year, that'd be the evening of March 13) and once on Purim day ...