Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, performances, and a feast. This joyous celebration commemorates how ancient ...

The Purim festival — the Jewish festival that includes wearing costumes and masks — comes at an extraordinary time, during a pandemic. The masks match the seriousness of the life-and-death issues ...

(New York Jewish Week) – Purim begins on the evening of Saturday, March 23, and Jews across New York City aren’t wasting the opportunity to party all weekend long. Looking to get your Purim on? Keep ...

JERUSALEM — Tens of thousands of people celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim on Monday, though the traditionally boisterous celebrations were muted by the Israel-Hamas war. Although many cities ...

Purim is among the most joyous and colorful days of the Jewish calendar. The holiday begins this year on sundown on Saturday and ends at nightfall on Sunday. This year, celebrations are likely to be ...

Palestine Jewry will this year again celebrate the Purim Festival by holding the annual Purim Carnival at Tel Aviv which was not held last year, because of the situation in the country after the ...

Brighton, N.Y. — The Jewish Community Center celebrated the second day of Purim Sunday. The Jewish holiday is an occasion of celebration, fun, and joy. Costumes are also a popular part of the ...

As a child, Idit Klein celebrated Purim by wearing homemade gowns and tiaras to play the beautiful Queen Esther. She fantasized about how she, like the heroine who bravely confessed her faith to save ...

Wind and cloudy skies couldn’t stop “J-Lats,” Princeton’s Jewish-Latinx student organization, from hosting an outdoor “Brazilian Carnival” on Saturday, March 26. The event drew dozens of students to ...