Every spring, as the earth tilts toward balance, millions celebrate Nowruz—the Persian New Year—a 3,000-year-old festival ...

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Purim traditions include reading the Megillah, exchanging food gifts, giving to the needy, and dressing in costumes.

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The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had ...

Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. joined local Jewish leaders to celebrate the holiday of Purim with a unique ...

In California, a church had worked for years to help an Iranian family in their congregation bring their son to the US. He ...

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with ...

The pervasive culture of cynicism encourages us to lower our expectations, to view optimism with suspicion, and to label ...

There's one thing everyone agrees on: there's nothing like a lemon waffle," says MK Benny Gantz.The post Knesset members gift Purim baskets ahead of joyous Jewish holiday appeared first on ...

Gateshead's Jewish community came together to celebrate the festival of Purim. Celebrations for the sacred centuries-old ...

French Jews will celebrate the festivities of Purim. Fasting, prayers, readings, meals, and costumes—these two days allow ...