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 ...

Purim is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays — highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees of rowdiness. It celebrates the ...

A new study on the unique Purim traditions of the Cochin Jewish community by Prof. Shalva Weil, a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society of Great Britain, from Hebrew University, published in the ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim begins at sunset, Saturday, March 23. At synagogues across the world, people will read the Book of Esther. But its story of celebration is followed by another, darker ...

(RNS) — On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern antisemitic plotters. (RNS) — On the Jewish holiday of Purim, which falls ...

Jewish settlers dressed in costumes celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim as soldiers secure the march in the West Bank city of Hebron, March 7, 2023. AP Sunday is the Jewish holiday of Purim, a ...

A “sofer” (Hebrew for “scribe”) writes the scroll of Esther for the Jewish holiday of Purim in the northern Israeli city of Safed on March 5, 2025. This is not the first time in history in which some ...

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen Esther ...