Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, ...

American Jews should stand up against a movement that coopts Queen Esther, a Jewish heroine, to attack free speech and queer ...

For Morocco’s Jews, the festival of Purim, beginning March 13, has contemporary resonance, illustrating the tenuous existence ...

Purim’s costumes hold a deeper lesson—seeing beyond disguises to the true essence of people, just as in the Megillah.

The often-repeated verse were Mordechai counsels Esther that she was put in her place as Queen “for such a time as this” ...

Jews this week celebrate Purim and read the Book of Esther, which tells the story their escape from annihilation at the hands of an ancient, genocidal foe.

Purim is one of Reno Rabbi Benjamin Zober's favorite holidays. It is an occasion when everything is turned on its head, Zober ...

For the 10th year in a row, The Rock and Roll Playhouse will celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim at New York's Brooklyn Bowl. This year's festivities ...

An exhibit at the Jewish Museum shows how the example of Esther inspired artists, artisans and even royalty in the 17th ...

With Purim around the corner, I want readers to learn a little about how Jews who lived in Arab and Muslim countries for ...

At the same time, it’s crucial that as adults we pause and acknowledge that the underlying assumptions of Purim resonate ...