“When we see someone dressed up on Purim as a frightening animal or a clown, it doesn’t occur to us to be angry, or afraid, or to take that person seriously. After all, it’s just a costum ...

The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza.

We’ve Been Waiting for You!” Aleph sent dozens of rabbinical students to prisons across the country to bring the joy and holiness of Purim to isolated individuals.

Jewish communities worldwide celebrated Purim, a joyous holiday that includes dressing up in costume, giving charity, and ...

At Israel’s founding in 1948, the new nation’s leaders agreed that ultra-Orthodox men — known as the Haredim, or God-fearing, ...

Last year and this, the Gaza War cast a shadow over the holiday, which is traditionally celebrated with costumes and sweets. Purim commemorates ... police and military guards at Moroccan Jewish ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Eloy Martin, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

Purim, therefore, is the prototype for Jewish survival during exile. The Divine Providence hidden in apparently random events ...

Rachel Goldberg, wife of Rabbi Avi Goldberg who was killed in action in Lebanon, joined Arutz Sheva - Israel National News to explain her family's choice of costume ... The army and the Torah ...

On Purim, costumes are worn to remember how the Jewish ... That is a campaign of urban warfare against the terrorists’ organized military formations during which the IDF has done its utmost ...