Purim commemorates the dramatic events recorded in the Book of Esther, set in ancient Persia around the 5th century BCE. At its heart is a gripping narrative featuring Queen Esther, a young Jewish ...

(Esther 4:16) When Is Purim Celebrated? Is it the Same Day Every Year? The festival of Purim is celebrated every year on the 14th day of Adar, the second month of the Hebrew calendar, everywhere ...

Still, I often wonder if we have squandered what Esther and Mordechai begged and fought for, and Jews around the world died to preserve. If the heroes of our sacred Purim Megillah could visit us ...

The most well-known Jewish holiday is probably either Passover or Hanukkah. Passover is prescribed in the Bible, while Hanukkah commemorates events that happened after the Hebrew Bible was written.

During Purim, people who practice Judaism wear silly costumes to temple, tell the story of Esther with a musical parody (this year it's "Oklahoma!" at Temple Sinai) and Jewish people eat cookies ...

The exhibits gallery, which begins with a survey of Jewish history in Amsterdam, holds a collection of illustrated Esther scrolls by the Jewish artisan Salom Italia, alongside silver Purim cups ...

Jewish children in Demnate, Morocco, participate in an Alliance Israélite Universelle Purim program in 1955 (AIU/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) My late maternal grandmother, Iran (yes, that was ...

American Jews should stand up against a movement that coopts a Jewish heroine to attack free speech and queer people, write a rabbi and an LGBTQ+ activist. Queen Esther is back in the news — and ...