This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Once upon a time, in the ancient Near East, there was a beautiful queen. Scribes wrote of ...

You know the saying, “All roads lead to Rome?” Well, I believe that the rich history of Jewish jokes can be traced back to the Hebrew month of Adar and the holiday of Purim. That’s right — we have ...

Jewish children in Demnate, Morocco, participate in an Alliance Israélite Universelle Purim program in 1955 (AIU/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain) My late maternal grandmother, Iran (yes, that was her ...

On March 9, at sundown, the Jewish holiday of Purim begins. It ends at sundown the next day. It’s a short holiday, as Jewish holidays go, but a sweet one, in so many ways. A congregant recently told ...

Purim, or the Feast of Lots, is a Biblical Jewish festival known for extravagant costumes, the exchanging of gift baskets, performances, and a feast. This joyous celebration commemorates how ancient ...

Purim is one of Reno Rabbi Benjamin Zober's favorite holidays. It is an occasion when everything is turned on its head, Zober said. During Purim, people who practice Judaism wear silly costumes to ...