Jewish communities are celebrating Purim this week. The festival allows even the most buttoned-down orthodox sects to let loose for a day of costumes and carousing, fuelled by religiously mandated ...

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 ...

in anticipation of Purim, the holiday that begins this year on the evening of March 23. Is anyone in the mood? It is difficult — but I think Jewish tradition and Jewish history offer us some models.

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 ...

Jewish people all over the world will be celebrating the start of the festival of Purim. Find out how you can make a gragger and what they are used for. The Purim story features a villain called ...

The story, intended for children between the ages of 4 and 9, teaches several lessons.  Author Kierzenblat's main message ...