Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kyle Peterson, Allysia Finley and Kim Strassel. Photo: Bonnie Cash/Getty Images/Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/ZUMA Press Purim was different this ...

JTA — As the sun rose over Jerusalem on Wednesday morning, sirens rang out, signaling yet another incoming missile attack from Iran. This time, it coincided with the morning of Shushan Purim, as ...

Every year around this time, Jews read the ancient Scroll of Esther and remember a Persian courtier named Haman who plotted "to destroy, to kill and to annihilate all the Jews" of the empire in a ...

The war did not stop ultra-Orthodox parts of Jerusalem from drinking and dancing for the Jewish holiday. By Natan Odenheimer Reporting from Jerusalem Not even sirens warning of incoming ballistic ...

Massive parties were planned this year after a two-year break. The Purim holiday is usually marked with boisterous street parades and costume parties to celebrate the Jewish victory over an ancient ...

Purim is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays — highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees of rowdiness. It celebrates the ...

In both the Purim narratives, we are given the ability to forge our own fate, to take matters into our own hands, and to carry our nation further towards redemption. To say that we live in historic ...

A joyful Jewish holiday known for costumes, cookies, and carnivals begins at sundown on March 2 to sundown on March 3— and across California, families and communities will be marking the moment in ...

The Purim holiday is usually marked with boisterous street parades and costume parties to celebrate the Jewish victory over an ancient Persian ruler. This year, the celebrations moved into fortified ...