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

The scroll of Esther seems historic, not just allegoric. It says very clearly that Haman wanted to kill and exterminate all Jews. He got permission from the Persian King to order the slaughter of all ...

In life, it is rare to find anyone as purely righteous as Mordechai or as purely wicked as Haman — though there are ...

Many consider this the most joyous day on the Jewish Calendar. My children and their friends at their preschool, for example, ...

It wasn't Jewish law that stopped the stalwart Jew from prostrating himself, but sound temporal reasons to protest the king's ...

Though more Hamans would continue to arise, the Jewish people would survive and celebrate countless Purims in a new Promised ...

Oct. 7 was a painful reminder of a truism of life — the existence of absolute, undiscerning evil. Hamas lulled us to sleep ...

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

On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern ...

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

A new exhibition at the Jewish Museum explores the cult of Queen Esther, whose story won the hearts of Dutch Masters and some ...