The vibrant Jewish festival of Purim with the story of Ester that prevented an ancient holocaust taking place has been celebrated at the ...

L ast week marked the Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrating the bravery of Queen Esther. Yet Esther’s legacy has been co-opted ...

Large crowds gathered at the central Marina Roshcha shul in Moscow to hear the Megillah being read on Purim, while ...

Residents and staff joined together at Magnolia Court to celebrate the vibrant Jewish festival of Purim, in partnership with ...

Today the Center for Spiritual Life offers a wide range of services to the Brandeis community from many different faiths. The center offers regular “worship opportunities as well as holiday ...

Masks and costumes are about hiding identity. And at its roots, Purim is the story of identity, when to hide who we are, and ...

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish ...

Jewish communities worldwide celebrated Purim, a joyous holiday that includes dressing up in costume, giving charity, and ...

Conservative Christians are pushing themselves to the front of the fight against antisemitism and claiming, in essence, to be ...

Photo: Andrew Blakestein On Friday, March 15, Eggy celebrated Purim at Anabel’s in Toronto. During the two-set gig, they ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim is traditionally a wild and woolly festival in which costumes, noise making and drinking are encouraged — in synagogue no less — as Jews gather for a public reading of the ...

The Purim story begins about 900 years after the Exodus from Egypt, in what is now Iran, history repeats itself. The Jews had been living in Israel continually, since they first entered with Joshua.