Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.

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

Esther and Mordechai writing the second letter of Purim, painted by Arent de Gelder ... addresses the specific issue of revenge. In his book Tiferet Shlomo, Rabbi Dov Zvi HaCohen makes a ...

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 ...

These scrolls added an artistic element to the carnivalesque atmosphere of the Purim celebrations. The Book of Esther is fertile terrain for illustrations, as it contains all the elements of a ...

Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates events told in the Book of Esther. Synagogues throughout the island this week marked the Jewish holiday of Purim with festive celebrations. The holiday ho ...