On the Jewish calendar, today is Taanit Esther (the Fast of Esther), a religious observance immediately preceding the Jewish ...

On the Jewish calendar, today is Taanit Esther (the Fast of Esther), a religious observance immediately preceding the Jewish holiday of Purim, on which it is particularly appropriate to offer ...

In a sporadic occurrence that will next repeat itself in 2045, Jews in the capital get to celebrate a three-day holiday ...

The parade will step off at 12:30 p.m. Sunday. It will be preceded by check-in at 10:40 a.m. at 68 West Main St., in front of ...

The post Bibas family moved as Israelis pay tribute to murdered kids amid Purim revelry appeared first on The Times of Israel ...

The pervasive culture of cynicism encourages us to lower our expectations, to view optimism with suspicion, and to label those who remain hopeful as naïve or out of touch. The holiday's message is a ...

In life, it is rare to find anyone as purely righteous as Mordechai or as purely wicked as Haman — though there are ...

Approximately 460,000 hamantashen in the flavors of chocolate, poppy seed and date arrived at army bases across the country.The post IDF distributes nearly 500k hamantaschen for Purim appeared first o ...

Though more Hamans would continue to arise, the Jewish people would survive and celebrate countless Purims in a new Promised ...

Residents of the Crown Heights neighborhood are expressing anger over a construction project which will close off parts of a major street during the holiday of Purim. Yaacov Behrman of the Jewish ...

What does it look like to navigate Purim in the Court of Trump? Queens Vashti and Esther present different models.

On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern ...