Purim is a Jewish holiday that falls in February or March. While it's known as the holiday when Jewish people dress in costumes, there's more to it than that. Here's a brief lesson on what Purim is ...

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, performances, and a feast. This joyous celebration commemorates how ancient ...

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, ...

Esther kept her Jewish identity hidden from the king and his prime minister, Haman, who issued a decree calling for the extermination of the Jewish people after Mordechai, the leader of the Jews, ...

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 ...

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - The Jewish holiday of Purim starts Wednesday night. People celebrate the ancient story of a Queen who saved the Jewish people from destruction. This year, some are adopting new ...

ROCHESTER — Rochester’s annual Royal Purim Party Celebration will be held at 6 p.m. Monday, March 6 at Hilton Rochester Mayo Clinic Area. The annual event is a community-wide program, and all are ...

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 ...

The Jewish holiday Purim begins tonight. The celebration involves a reenacting of a story and it's called a Purim spiel. But they don't always stick to the past. Purim begins tonight. It celebrates ...

Purim has always had a special place in my heart as it is perfectly Persian Jewish. As a young person of Iranian Jewish background living in the U.S. and attending Jewish grade school among Ashkenazim ...

Note: The author of this article writes “G-d” with hyphenation to respect an interpretation of a Jewish rule about honoring the Holy One’s name. Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish ...