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 ...

As Israeli and US attacks on Iran intensify and the conflict spreads across the Middle East, Israelis celebrated Purim this week by drawing parallels with the holiday's story, which tells of the ...

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 ...

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As the sun set on rows of identical, limestone apartment buildings in Beit Shemesh Monday evening, ushering in the Purim holiday, a lone Iranian missile streaked across the sky. Too distant to trigger ...

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 ...

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 ...

Tel Aviv (AFP) – As the sun set in the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Monday, air raid sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles sent residents hurrying to shelters just as the Jewish holiday ...