Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, performances, and a feast. This joyous celebration commemorates how ancient ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 “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 costumes, graggers and hamantaschen ready — that’s right, Purim is here! Beginning the evening of Thursday, March 13, to Friday, March 14, the holiday of Purim commemorates the Book of Esther ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jewish people across the world will be celebrating the holiday Purim this week. Purim, celebrated every year on the 14th of the Hebrew month Adar, begins on the night of Thursday, ...

LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WWLP) — Purim began last night at sundown and ended just a few hours ago at sundown on Sunday night, but for a full day straight there was Purim fun in Longmeadow. 22News got to ...

For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence ...