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 ...

Costumes are encouraged on March 23, when Congregation Shaar Zahav, San Francisco's synagogue for LGBTQ Jews, families and friends, celebrates Purim, a joyous holiday which is Judaism's answer to ...

Kings, clowns and princesses mingled Friday night at the Santa Fe Jewish Center with magicians, bears and cowboys. It wasn’t a months-early Halloween party; it was a celebration for the holiday of ...

Purim is the gayest holiday on the Jewish calendar. It's a night when Jews are encouraged to dress up in their most colorful and outrageous finery. "There's a saying that every Jewish holiday can be ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - Thursday evening marks the start of the 24-hour celebration of Purim so members of the Lowcountry community are preparing to celebrate. Purim is a Jewish holiday that ...

There were spies, princesses and cowboys, queens, Spiderman and even a lobster. Children from 6 weeks old to kindergarten age rode, strolled and paraded around the sculpture garden of the Tucson ...

Purim is one of Reno Rabbi Benjamin Zober's favorite holidays. It is an occasion when everything is turned on its head, Zober said. During Purim, people who practice Judaism wear silly costumes to ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jewish people across the world will be celebrating the holiday Purim this week. Purim, celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month Adar, begins on the night of Thursday, ...

For the first time since the start of the pandemic, celebrations for the Jewish holiday Purim kicked off nearly completely in person on March 16. Last year, celebrations consisted of a combination of ...