In the coming days, Jews will celebrate the Purim festival, a holiday built on the theme of how everything can instantly be turned upside down. In the original Purim story, a day dedicated to the ...

Friday evenings during Lent, from Feb. 19 through March 26 at 7 p.m., St. Ann Roman Catholic Church in Hoboken will hold Stations of the Cross in the church. Safety guidelines due to COVID-19 apply.

Purim, among the happiest – and most colorful – days on the Jewish calendar, begins this year on Thursday night. The festivities may be more muted in 2021 due to the coronavirus, but the celebration ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. Purim is back, a ...

Here’s some background information about Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrating Queen Esther. In 2021, Purim begins at sundown on February 25 and ends at nightfall on February 26. In 2022, Purim begins ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by Senior Writer Benyamin Cohen. Purim 2021 will ...

Purim may not be the biggest of Jewish holidays, but it’s often considered the most fun. A year into the pandemic, that’s something Rabbi Phillip Weintraub of Congregation B’nai Israel, encourages ...

Hamantaschen are traditional cookies made for Purim and exchanged between friends and family. When it comes to Jewish holidays, people most likely have heard of Hannukah, the high holidays of Rosh ...

It was a year just like the one before and the one before that. Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills was preparing its annual Purim carnival, which takes place over a three-day weekend. It was 2020, and ...

“I know people are tired and sad, and we’re trying to bring them just a little bit of joy,” one rabbi said. (JTA) — In any other year, the mask-decorating party planned for later this month at ...

(JTA) — It might have felt hard for many to summon a festive mood this Purim, which was for some the first holiday to be unsettled by the pandemic and for others the last to be observed normally. But ...