Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrating joy and salvation, begins Saturday evening and ends Sunday evening. Among the celebrations: many Jewish children will dress up and feast on triangular sweets on ...

This year, Purim is March 6 and 7. But, as stated, the Jewish calendar operates on a different schedule than the US calendar, the solar Gregorian calendar.

(RNS) — On the Jewish holiday of Purim, which falls on March 14 this year, gifts of food are exchanged, charity is generously distributed and the Book of Esther is read in synagogues.

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, ...

Sunday is the Jewish holiday of Purim, a commemoration of the defeat of Haman, a king’s aide under the Achaemenid Empire who planned to massacre all of the Jews — and Jews in Teaneck, NJ, are ...

(RNS) — 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 ...

Purim celebrates the story of Queen Esther saving the Jews from the hateful Haman. Traditionally, people are encouraged to wear costumes and drink to mild excess.

The extra Purim phenomenon was not confined to Europe. In Tripoli, Libya, local Jews established the so-called Purim Barghul after the deposition of a local tyrant in the late 18th century.

Purim is different from some other Jewish holidays in that the laws of the Sabbath are not observed during the holiday. (Meaning even observant Jews will use their phones, drive cars, etc. during ...

(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 ...

(RNS) — 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 ...