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 ...

Purim is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays — highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees of rowdiness. It celebrates the ...

Purim is a joyful springtime Jewish holiday. It celebrates the survival of the Jewish people in ancient Persia following a plot to massacre them all (a familiar theme throughout Jewish history). This ...

Gifts, costumes, groggers, and above all: hamantaschen. All of these items commemorate the jolly Jewish holiday Purim. Each year, it is celebrated on the 14th day of the Hebrew month “Adar,” which ...

I remember the first time I noticed something strange about the megillah, the biblical Book of Esther that is read aloud in synagogues worldwide today, on the Jewish holiday of Purim. It was ten years ...

For many Jews, Purim may be the holiday when five-year-olds dress up like Queen Esther and 25-year-olds drink “until they can’t tell the difference between Mordechai and Haman,” but in recent years, ...

Netflix's Nobody Wants This Season 2 deepens its exploration of faith by immersing in a tapestry of Jewish traditions that ...

I always think of the Bible as sort of dry reading — difficult to understand, weighted down by archaic language and vague descriptions, full of stories that just kind of go on and on. But, of course, ...

Purim is a holiday of costumes, disguises, and reversals. But beneath the masks and merriment lies a powerful lesson about leadership – one that feels more urgent than ever today. At the center of the ...

Jewish communities are celebrating Purim this week. The festival allows even the most buttoned-down orthodox sects to let loose for a day of costumes and carousing, fuelled by religiously mandated ...

Purim begins at sundown on Wednesday. The holiday recalls the ancient story of how Queen Esther bravely saved the Jewish people. It is a tradition for groups of Jewish people to read from the Book of ...