Hamantaschen may be the most popular Purim pastry in the United States, but the triangular cookie’s not the only traditional dessert associated with the celebratory holiday. Purim, which begins ...

CHICAGO -- Every Jewish holiday has its own food rules - what to eat and what to avoid eating - as a symbol for the lessons being taught. On Purim, the most joyful holiday on the Jewish calendar, Jews ...

PITTSFIELD — Long before Star Trek conventions and Mardi Gras parades, there was Purim. Purim is the Jewish holiday where the whole Megillah is read and with a fair modicum of silliness and chaos.

Purim, the Jewish holiday based on the Book of Esther, starts today at sundown. The Purim celebration recounts the story of Queen Esther and how she saved the Jewish people from annihilation. The ...

March 24 is the most joyous day on the Jewish calendar! It’s Purim, the day our people were saved from a decree of annihilation 2,500 years ago in Persia by the evil Haman. As Jewish holidays go, ...