If you see kids running around in costumes next week, that's because it's Purim, a Jewish holiday. Purim commemorates the story recounted in the biblical Book of Esther. A man named Haman hatched a ...

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 ...

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 ...

Purim is among the most joyous and colorful days of the Jewish calendar. The holiday begins this year on sundown on Saturday and ends at nightfall on Sunday. This year, celebrations are likely to be ...

MCKENNA IN JUST ABOUT TEN MINUTES. ALL RIGHT. THANKS, TJ. TODAY THE YORK JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER CELEBRATED PURIM, A JEWISH HOLIDAY COMMEMORATING THE JEWISH PEOPLE’S. RESCUE FROM MASSACRE. AS ...

Known for its colorful costumes and triangle-shaped Hamentaschen pastries, the annual Jewish festival “Purim,” or the “Feast of Lots” is set to kick off from March 23-24. This biblical Jewish holiday ...

At this time, we really see the magic of the Jewish calendar. Yes, it has been a cold, dark winter. Sometimes our enthusiasm sinks a little with it. But for us Jews, March 23 brings the burst of a ...

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 ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim begins at sunset, Saturday, March 23. At synagogues across the world, people will read the Book of Esther. But its story of celebration is followed by another, darker ...

Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrating joy and salvation, begins Saturday evening and ends Sunday evening. Among the celebrations: many Jewish children will dress up and feast on triangular sweets on ...

A “sofer” (Hebrew for “scribe”) writes the scroll of Esther for the Jewish holiday of Purim in the northern Israeli city of Safed on March 5, 2025. This is not the first time in history in which some ...