You might not have heard of hamantaschen (pronounced hah-mentash-in) or Purim, the Jewish holiday these shaped filled cookies represent, but this tasty treat might just become your favorite ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with ...

Princeton University Press, 356 pages, $35. For most Jews, Purim is simply the most riotous of the Jewish holidays: It’s the innocent, if irreverent, celebration of Jewish survival in the face of an ...

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Happy Purim! Yes, today is the Jewish celebration of Purim, a happy little holiday where costumes and drunken revelry are mandated, and rolling from house to house bringing gifts of food and drink is ...

Purim is back, a year after many of us gathered in person for the last time, with very different masks on. Jewish communities all over are rising to the challenge of a virtual Purim with wonderful ...

The Jewish celebration of Purim, the festival of lots, begins at sunset on Saturday, March 11, and lasts until nightfall on Sunday, March 12. Purim is a celebration of life that is sometimes referred ...

No. Purim doesn't fall on the same date each year because the Hebrew calendar isn't the same as the secular Gregorian calendar. In the Hebrew calendar, Purim is on the 14th day of the month of Adar, ...

Happy Purim! Yes, today is the Jewish celebration of Purim, a happy little holiday where costumes and drunken revelry are mandated, and rolling from house to house bringing gifts of food and drink is ...