For many Jews, Purim may be the holiday when five-year-olds dress up like Queen Esther and 25-year-olds drink “until they can’t tell the difference between Mordechai and Haman,” but in recent years, ...

Purim is alive, and during this war over Jewish destiny and moral clarity the battle of Shushan has gained renewed urgency and resonance. We may not know exactly how to decipher the tumultuous events ...

On Oct. 16, 1946, the notorious Nazi propagandist Julius Streicher — one of Adolf Hitler’s most fanatical supporters and the publisher of the pornographically antisemitic newspaper Der Stürmer — was ...

“I know people are tired and sad, and we’re trying to bring them just a little bit of joy,” one rabbi said. (JTA) — In any other year, the mask-decorating party planned for later this month at ...

HOPKINS-- Is it like Halloween? Hanukkah? St. Patrick's Day? Whatever the description, the Jewish holiday of Purim is a wild celebration of faith, survival, overcoming adversity and being true to ...

FORT SILL, Okla., March 31, 2016 -- Queen Esther, wife of King Ahasuerus of Persia, holds a revered place in Jewish history. She risked her life to stop the king's second-in-command from annihilating ...

Dear Rabbi. Our Rabbis tell us we must drink on Purim until we no longer know the difference between Haman and Mordechai. This to me sounds like an awful lot of booze. How can we justify this in an ...

It’s not often a troupe of Star Wars characters enters Germantown Jewish Centre’s (GJC) Charry Sanctuary. But when it does happen, there’s likely only one reason: Purim. The congregation, located at ...

MARCH 14, 2025 18:36 Even though it is Purim, a Jewish holiday based on the biblical Book of Esther where drinking predominates, I am a bit hesitant to write about wine because of the ongoing war. My ...

The basic story of the holiday of Purim, which starts Thursday night, is this. The King of the Persian empire takes a Jewish bride, Esther, who conceals her Jewish identity. Meanwhile, the king's evil ...

Jerusalem gets an extra day of festivities. Orthodox Jewish girls look on from behind a shop's window in Jerusalem's neighborhood of Mea Sharim, on March 6, 2015 during the feast of Purim.

Though many medical professionals have criticized discretionary IV use, it has become popular in some Jewish and influencer circles. (New York Jewish Week) — Flip through a recent issue of the Boro ...