Jewish people across the world will be celebrating the holiday Purim this week. Purim, celebrated every year on the 14th of ...

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, ...

For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence ...

According to the Sages, it was Esther who asked the Jewish community to write the Megillah, so that they would remember her: ...

ALEH’s campus in Bnei Brak was transformed into a lively airport terminal, where children dressed as pilots and flight ...

Rabbi Yosi says (the failure of) Haman’s power is our authority. Jews should always remember and celebrate our survival and our enemy’s downfall; not with hate, but by joy. Rabbi Simeon says it was ...

Captured by, among others, Shmuel Joseph Schweig, one of the Yishuv's most renowned photographers, these photos bring to life the festive spirit of the era.

They capture the natural joy, Zionist values and the sense of community that was being formed during that time,” said Efrat Sinai, head of the archives department.The post Purim in ...

Thursday evening marks the start of the 24-hour celebration of Purim so members of the Lowcountry community are preparing to ...

Last Friday, the leader of Yemen’s Houthis threatened to resume naval operations against Israel unless Israel lifted its blockade on aid to Gaza within four days. This marked a potential escalation ...

The Purim story is not one of clear right and wrong, writes Michael David Lukas — and Israel's war in Gaza makes confronting ...

With Purim around the corner, I want readers to learn a little about how Jews who lived in Arab and Muslim countries for ...