Spiels, or festive plays retelling the Purim story, drew from a wide range of of-the-moment themes, including Barbie and Taylor Swift. In Israel, the streets filled as usual with costumed children.

Get all the details on Purim, including when Purim will fall on a Friday, and get ready to have a great time. Related: 50 Passover Trivia Questions To Quiz Your Friends and Family This Pesach.

The Purim gift basket department also offers attractive price options: Small bags for NIS 4 each or 3 for NIS 10.90, medium clown boxes for NIS 10.90, and large clown boxes for NIS 20.90.

Purim is a Jewish holiday that, this year, begins at sunset on March 6 and ends at sunset on March 7 — the Jewish calendar is based on a lunar calendar, ...

Purim is a time of sharing, of food and gifts and charity. Enjoy the celebrations and don't forget to don a costume and dance! 67. Let us celebrate Queen Esther saving the Jews of Persia from ...

Purim is celebrated on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar in late winter or early spring. This year's celebration will start on Saturday, March 23, and continue through Sunday, March 24.

Purim, which begins on Saturday March 23, is a Jewish holiday, not a public holiday. And yet it should be remembered by others — especially this year — and especially by Christians.

Purim is usually considered kind of a kid's holiday. Haman's plot is foiled, big cheers, big finish. For most Purim plays, and for many Jews, that's the end of the story.

This past weekend, Jews around the world observed Purim, the holiday marking Persian Jews’ salvation from a royal decree ordering their extermination. In past years I would have said ...

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 ...

Among the most joyful holiday on the Jewish calendar, Purim celebrates the Jewish people’s survival of a near massacre. It’s a day of merriment, joy and feasting. Purim food traditions vary ...

Purim, a Jewish holiday, celebrates the deliverance of the Jewish people from genocide over 2,000 years ago. The holiday emphasizes the importance of hope and optimism, even in the face of adversity.