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.

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.

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.

Purim celebrates the story of Queen Esther saving the Jews from the hateful Haman. Traditionally, people are encouraged to wear costumes and drink to mild excess.

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 one of the most fun holidays celebrated by the Jewish people, but is often under recognized. Purim (held on the 14th day of the Hebrew month of Adar — usually March or April) commemo… ...

For Purim, make the soup with Old World legumes that would have been available to the Jews of ancient Persia: lentils and garbanzo beans. Cook them with sauteed onions and garlic, ...

At its core, the story of Purim is a coming-out story. It’s time we embrace that and use Esther’s tradition of owning who you are to adapt Purim into an LGBTQ-inclusive holiday.

Purim begins this week, and the holiday will bring celebrations, costumes, sweet treats and other traditions to Jewish communities around the world. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ ...

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 ...

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 ...

During the Jewish holiday of Purim, the sisters of Shaarie Torah synagogue, known for their hamentaschen, the traditional three-sided pastry made with sweet fillings, defend their turf.