Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Purim, a Jewish holiday that celebrates freedom and deliverance, begins March 2 at sundown. Purim is often misunderstood as ...

Purim is widely depicted as the most thoroughly joyful of Jewish holidays — highlighted by celebrations that include costumes, skits, noisemakers and varying degrees of rowdiness. It celebrates the ...

We sent a team of Jewish kids armed with disposable cameras out to Purim celebrations across the Bay Area. Here's what they ...

Purim, which begins this year on the night of Monday, March 2, and ends the next day at sundown, is one of the most joyous and colorful holidays in Jewish life. The one-day festival commemorates the ...

The war did not stop ultra-Orthodox parts of Jerusalem from drinking and dancing for the Jewish holiday. By Natan Odenheimer Reporting from Jerusalem Not even sirens warning of incoming ballistic ...