A Jewish cultural center in the Bronx was vandalized on Halloween night, police said. Neighbors first spotted the black and purple paint stained on the front and side of the Sholem Aleichem ...

Many people tend to simply explain Purim away as "Jewish Halloween" because part of celebrating is dressing up in costumes and drinking a little extra, but there's a rich history behind Purim and ...

Purim came to be known as the “Jewish Halloween” as many will dress up in costume for Purim, to “mask” their true identity, a symbol of one of Purim’s key themes as Queen Esther hid her ...

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. (WSVN) - At least one South Florida community is on alert during Halloween, and it has to do with a recent surge in antisemitism. As tricker-or-treaters start to come out Tuesday ...

Poles began to celebrate Halloween after the fall of communism in 1989, but some worry that the foreign cultural import could eventual dilute the tradition of All Saints' Day.

Jewish children in Demnate, Morocco, participate in an Alliance Israélite Universelle Purim program in 1955 (AIU/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) My late maternal grandmother, Iran (yes, that was ...