Purim, which begins this year on the night of Monday, March 2, and ends the next day at sundown, is one of the most joyous and colorful holidays in Jewish life. The one-day festival commemorates the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purim is a joyful Jewish holiday that celebrates the survival of the Jewish people in ancient Persia, as told in the biblical Book ...

Hundreds of people celebrated the Purim holiday at Palm Beach Synagogue Monday night. The rabbi there said not only did the Iran war not dampen the celebration, but it actually achieved the exact ...

Jewish Day School of the Lehigh Valley in Allentown holds a Purim celebration Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026. Purim celebrates the biblical story of Esther’s deliverance of the Jews in Persia from a ...

(JTA) — In Jerusalem, a service omitted loud noise-making traditional for the holiday, to accommodate soldiers traumatized by months of war. In Tel Aviv, bakeries peddled a triangular treat renamed ...

Purim is a joyous Jewish festival commemorating the salvation of the Jewish people from Haman’s plot to destroy them, as recorded in the Book of Esther. For Messianic believers—those who accept Yeshua ...

Purim is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays — highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees of rowdiness. It celebrates the ...

"Well it's alright, it's okay, the Jewish folk are here to stay. We can eat any dish, matzoh balls, gefilte fish." Set to the tune of the Bee Gee's "Stayin' Alive" and sung by students in a wacky ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purim, which begins this year on the night of Monday, March 2, and ends the next day at sundown, is one of the most joyous and ...