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, ...

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

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While the war in Gaza and concern for the hostages occupied our entire being last Purim, the realization that Antisemitism ...

A special feature of the exhibition is the return of a 17th-century parchment scroll of the Book of Esther, produced in Ferrara.

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

Hamantaschen – known as oznei Haman (Haman’s ears) in Israel are supposedly symbolic of the triangle-shaped hat worn by Haman ...

The tradition shows no signs of letting up as municipalities up and down the country gear up for some outdoor urban frolics.

In mid-March this year, Jews and many Christians alike will be celebrating Purim, the events in Jewish history where Queen ...

Eschewing Persian version, Jewish Museum extends art curation scepter to masters like Rembrandt, who saw Esther's heroism ...

and what it symbolizes about Jewish survival. Purim is an annual festive holiday that celebrates a young Jewish woman’s heroic role in saving her people, and it may have been celebrated as far back as ...