A University of Florida law student went viral online and became a campus pariah after classmates circulated two of his ...

(RNS) — On the Jewish holiday of Purim, which falls on March 14 this year, gifts of food are exchanged, charity is generously ...

(RNS) — The Jewish holiday of Purim is traditionally a wild and woolly festival in which costumes, noise making and drinking are encouraged — in synagogue no less — as Jews gather for a ...

No. Purim doesn't fall on the same date each year because the Hebrew calendar isn't the same as the secular Gregorian calendar. In the Hebrew calendar, Purim is on the 14th day of the month of ...

With Purim around the corner, I want readers to learn a little about how Jews who lived in Arab and Muslim countries for millennia celebrated Purim. By Tabby Refael Published March 6, 2025 ...

Thus, the Jews of Shushan forever marked Purim on that day. Since Shushan was a fortified city, all ancient walled cities in Israel were included in this designation.

Purim is a holiday that recounts and celebrates the Jews being saved from a massacre, Zober said. It centers around the story in the book of Esther. Esther was a Jewish woman and became the queen ...

Today, readers of the Bible are reading their newspapers and seeing history repeat itself. Centuries after Haman’s genocidal antisemitism, the ruler of Iran (the modern name of ancient Persia), Ali ...

Purim is a festive holiday, also without a work restriction, near the end of winter. It commemorates the narrow Jewish escape ...

Following US strike on Iran’s Fordow nuclear site, backed by President Donald Trump, Jewish communities across Israel offered ...

(RNS) — On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern antisemitic plotters. (RNS) — On the Jewish holiday of Purim ...