Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.

The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza.

Esther and Mordechai writing the second letter of Purim, painted by Arent de Gelder ... addresses the specific issue of revenge. In his book Tiferet Shlomo, Rabbi Dov Zvi HaCohen makes a ...

These scrolls added an artistic element to the carnivalesque atmosphere of the Purim celebrations. The Book of Esther is fertile terrain for illustrations, as it contains all the elements of a ...

The emphasis on speaking about the Book of Esther a few days before Purim strongly resonated with me. The nuances of how Esther spoke with the king as only a woman would, spoke to me as well.

Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates events told in the Book of Esther. Synagogues throughout the island this week marked the Jewish holiday of Purim with festive celebrations. The holiday ho ...

Video shows Yehuda Gerami dancing with students, reading megillah scroll at site believed by local community to be in ancient ...

Thousands come to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square on Thursday night for the Purim eve reading of the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the biblical heroine Queen Esther saving the Jewish ...