An hour before my suburban Boston minyan convened to twirl groggers and shout curses at Haman during the Megillah reading, I hustled into the underground parking garage beneath an old age home across ...

The Purim holiday is usually marked with boisterous street parades and costume parties to celebrate the Jewish victory over an ancient Persian ruler. This year, the celebrations moved into fortified ...

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 of Purim was ...

Israelis dressed in costumes gather in a parking lot used as an air raid shelter to celebrate the festive Purim - Copyright AFP SAUL LOEB Israelis dressed in costumes ...