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, ...

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

Purim is a holiday of paradox, where what seems most obvious is not the whole story — nor quite what it seems. It is a tale of extremes: power and vulnerability, celebration and destruction, honor and ...

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

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

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

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

Brooklyn-based contemporary circus company ABCirque presents an acrobatic, family-friendly event where "everything's accepted ...

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