Despite it being the fourth Purim amidst the war, the Jews of Kharkov celebrated Purim in style, with hundreds of people of ...

Step one – as epitomized by Purim – is the struggle to bring the Jews together, to unite as a loving community, albeit in a ...

Instead of giving my 13-year-old daughter a generational Hebrew name, a few years ago, while attending Hebrew School at ...

For hundreds of years, the very idea of Jews rejoicing publicly was deemed offensive to Christians. The story was often ...

Due to the halachic complexities of reading the megillah (Purim story) and holding the Purim seuda (festive meal) on Shabbat, the megillah is read on Friday, along with the distribution of charity.

For many Jews, especially on the left, the retribution called for in the story of Esther is a problem, one that makes Purim hard to live with, especially to fulfill the commandment to be joyful ...

But belief is more complex. The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, embodies this tension. It is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where God is never ...

Addressing the police officers, the prime minister drew a comparison to the story of Purim, in which the Jewish people were ...

Purim is a Jewish holiday that celebrates events ... "We discussed the valuable lessons we can learn from the heroes of the story, such as Queen Esther’s kindness and bravery, and Mordechai ...