JERUSALEM (JTA) — A colleague on the faculty of Pardes, the learning community based in Jerusalem, described to me how in her community, the annual Purim parade is quite joyous. Yet in that ...

So what was it about the Book of Esther that not only made the rabbis include it but mandated its public reading every year both on the night of Purim and the next morning? I THINK the book serves ...

Every year Jewish people from all over the world wear fancy dress to celebrate the beginning of the festival of Purim. The festival takes place on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Adar. This year ...

In response to their brief expulsion and restoration, they created an annual holiday on the 20th of Adar called Vinz-Purim, a clever allusion to Vincenz Fettmilch and the familiar Jewish holiday ...

Eggy has expanded its 2025 Here And How Tour, adding more dates in March and April. The newly added dates follow an initial ...

Purim is a Jewish festival that usually happens in February or March each year. It celebrates a story from the Jewish Bible. In the story, Queen Esther helped to save the Jewish people from an ...

While celebrating the Jewish holiday Purim on Saturday night, Shmuley shared videos of his costume on social media-- dressed up as a version of racist stereotypes of the Jewish people. He ...