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

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

Wherever we travel, wherever we find ourselves in this vast world, all we have to do is pay attention, look around, maybe put ...

See the celebration of thousands who gathered across various Israeli cities to celebrate the Jewish holiday of Purim.

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

Jerusalem hosted its annual Purim parade on Sunday, celebrating the Jewish holiday that commemorates the biblical story of ...

Photographer Dov Ber Hechtman presents a gallery from Meah Shearim, Geula, and the Ramat Shlomo neighborhoods in Jerusalem on ...

The folk singer Tom Lehrer penned a famous ditty in which he alluded to spending Jewish holidays in places where the name of ...

Israel has returned to war and the hostages ... The emphasis on speaking about the Book of Esther a few days before Purim strongly resonated with me. The nuances of how Esther spoke with the ...