Video shows Yehuda Gerami dancing with students, reading megillah scroll at site believed by local community to be in ancient ...

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Jewish ultra-Orthodox men and children, some wearing costumes, read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jewish ...

While the book is a work of fiction, Sendowski ensures that it remains faithful to the historical and textual integrity of ...

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

Purim is a strange holiday for Jews, and nothing is stranger than its central piece: Megillat Esther (the Book of Esther). We ...

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish kids wear costumes ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim in Jerusalem, Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP ...

I dressed as a frog. I was channeling my namesake Jeremiah and the bullfrog from the song “Joy to the World.” In celebrating ...

Focusing on a pivotal episode within the Purim story—this crucial conversation between Mordecai and Esther teaches us the ...

Today is the Fast of Esther. For the hostages still alive in Gaza, every day is the Fast of Esther. Only they, unlike us, don ...