(New York Jewish Week) – Purim begins on the evening of Saturday, March 23, and Jews across New York City aren’t wasting the opportunity to party all weekend long. Looking to get your Purim on? Keep ...

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 ...

This weekend we will be celebrating Purim Meshulash (three days of Purim) in Jerusalem and other walled cities from the days of Yehoshua bin Nun. While the rest of the world will only be celebrating ...

Gourmet Pancakes Plus Gourmet Breakfast will be served at 11 a.m. Sunday in the community hall at The Community Free synagogue, 10868 Metro Parkway in Fort Myers. The reading of the Megillah (scroll) ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - Thursday evening marks the start of the 24-hour celebration of Purim so members of the Lowcountry community are preparing to celebrate. Purim is a Jewish holiday that ...

One year ago, we were debating how to navigate Purim carnivals — not whether they should take place. We were told that masks would not protect you from COVID-19 and were to be worn to celebrate Purim ...

Jewish White House staffers made time Wednesday evening to gather in the building to celebrate the holiday of Purim by reading the Megillah, the Book of Esther. The reading, led by Middle East envoy ...

“I know people are tired and sad, and we’re trying to bring them just a little bit of joy,” one rabbi said. (JTA) — In any other year, the mask-decorating party planned for later this month at ...

Despite rain and snow last Wednesday night and Thursday, the Jewish holiday of Purim was celebrated with joy and merriment. The holiday recounts the story told in the biblical book of Esther: A Jewish ...

I always think of the Bible as sort of dry reading — difficult to understand, weighted down by archaic language and vague descriptions, full of stories that just kind of go on and on. But, of course, ...

JTA — Every Purim, Richard Roberts sponsors a party for more than 2,000 people in the heavily Orthodox New Jersey city of Lakewood, where he gives out, by his estimation, some $200,000 in charity.