On the day before Purim, as Jews in the Valley prepare to share the heroic tale of Queen Esther, an audience in Scottsdale ...

JACKSON TOWNSHIP, NJ - A regional popular seasonal costume retailer is returning to Jackson Township just in time for Purim.

The Book of Esther tells the remarkable story of a Jewish orphan who became Queen of Persia and saved her people from genocide through courage and divine providence. Esther’s bravery in approaching ...

Who would have thought that the important Jewish festival of Purim, which centers on the triumph of Mordechai having foiled King Haman’s evil plot in ancient Persia with the help of his cousin and ...

Last week my wife Jacqueline and I visited our youngest daughter in Paris where she is studying for the semester. We had the opportunity to spend time with her friends, hear about her courses, visit ...

Of the many Jewish holidays that dot the calendar, one of my son’s favorites is Purim. For children, Purim is celebrated with costumes, festival foods like hamantaschen, donations to those in need, ...

On March 14, the Jewish holiday of Purim and the Hindu festival of Holi will converge in a kaleidoscope of joy and revelry. As two of New York’s most vibrant communities prepare to celebrate on the ...

There is only one passage in the Torah that we as Jews are commanded to hear — not the Ten Commandments, not the parting of the Red Sea, not the giving of the law — but a simple, haunting imperative: ...

(RNS) — The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza. (RNS) — The Jewish holiday of Purim is traditionally a wild and woolly ...

(JTA) — For a year and a half, a photograph of the Bibas family wearing Batman pajamas served as a symbol of the global vigil for their return from captivity in Gaza. Batman was a passion for Ariel, ...

Sign up for Weekday J and get the latest on what's happening in the Jewish Bay Area. (JTA) — For a year and a half, a photograph of the Bibas family wearing Batman ...

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 ...