The Jewish carnival holiday of Purim, marking the story of the Book of Esther, carries special resonance this year. A look at the celebration in wartime Israel. Accessibility links.

This year, Purim is March 6 and 7. But, as stated, the Jewish calendar operates on a different schedule than the US calendar, the solar Gregorian calendar.

Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrating joy and salvation, begins Saturday evening and ends Sunday evening. Among the celebrations: many Jewish children will dress up and feast on triangular sweets on ...

Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, celebrate the festival of Purim at a synagogue in Bnei Brak, Israel, March 17, 2022.

Some Jewish people honor Queen Esther's fasting and prayer period with a fast of their own during Purim. This year, those honoring the Purim fast (also called the Fast of Esther) will fast on ...

Purim is an annual festive holiday that celebrates a young Jewish woman’s heroic role in saving her people, and it may have been celebrated as far back as the 5th century B.C.E.

The Purim story is not one of clear right and wrong, writes Michael David Lukas — and Israel's war in Gaza makes confronting that essential.

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 ...

Magid said he began to sour on Purim in 1994, after Baruch Goldstein, a Jewish extremist, killed 29 Palestinian Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Hebron that doubles as a Jewish burial site.

Some Jewish people honor Queen Esther's fasting and prayer period with a fast of their own during Purim. This year, those honoring the Purim fast (also called the Fast of Esther) will fast on ...