Purim begins on the evening of March 13, 2025, and concludes at sundown on March 14, 2025.

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 ...

Queen Esther was a figure of inspiration to Jews who had fled from oppressive regimes. In the Netherlands, she became a ...

In the Scroll of Esther, revenge is a powerful theme, but just as clearly one that leads to confusion and tragedy.

There has long been interest in illuminated Hebrew manuscripts, as documented in the beautiful 1969 book Hebrew Illuminated ...

Helen Ready’s 1971 women’s liberation anthem, “I Am Woman Hear Me Roar,” comes to mind when I think of Purim. Remember Esther ...

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

Step one – as epitomized by Purim – is the struggle to bring the Jews together, to unite as a loving community, albeit in a ...

The celebration of Purim, a traditional Jewish holiday that all are welcome to join, is one of Eckerd Hillel’s most fun and ...

In addition to the core activities of reading the Megillah, sending gifts (mishloach manot), and donating three half shekels ...