The Purim spiel here is a bawdy affair. Cross-dressing Jewish community officials with gold teeth and uneven breasts, solicit young King Ahasuerus — who, predictably, chooses Esther. A Nazi-costumed ...

The fun that goes along with the celebration of Purim can't be overstated, The Associated Press reports. The tale behind the festival — which was celebrated between sunset on Wednesday and nightfall ...

Picture Queen Esther. Now, take those golden locks and replace them with thick black tresses, and instead of those big round baby blues, imagine almond shaped eyes the color of onyx. And that creamy ...

Dr. Paul Brody (left) and Head of School Rabbi Jeffrey Kobrin (right) are surrounded by students. (Photos by Daniel Aghalarian) North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) middle schoolers will celebrate a ...

After the Jews defend themselves and killed the 10 sons of Haman, Esther asks the king, "If it please the king, let it be granted to the Jews … to do tomorrow also as this day, and have the bodies of ...

It would make sense to start the Jewish year on Rosh Hashanah, literally the “head of the year,” but that’s not how it goes in the Bible. There, just as we are about to leave Egypt, with great signs ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim, starting Saturday evening, centers on the biblical Book of Esther. Set during the ancient Persian Empire, the story recounts how King Ahasuerus marries the beautiful ...

The Jewish holiday of Purim, like all holidays, has a story, complete with heroes and villains. Purim’s story centers on two women: Queen Vashti and Queen Esther. And in the year of #MeToo, that means ...

It all started with a party. Achashverosh, the king of Persia in the mid-300s B.C., got drunk and ordered his wife Vashti, renowned for her beauty and a direct descendant of Nebuchadnezzar, to show up ...

Purim is a joyful springtime Jewish holiday. It celebrates the survival of the Jewish people in ancient Persia following a plot to massacre them all (a familiar theme throughout Jewish history). This ...

Esther denouncing Haman, who, according to the Purim story, attempted to have all Jews within the Persian Empire massacred. Hutchinson's History of the Nations/Universal History Archive/Universal ...

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