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 ...

In our fraught modern world, poets are rarely celebrities. But celebrities sometimes get their poems published. Certain people (disgruntled scribblers) may scoff at this. What do Megan Fox, James ...

John Koethe spent decades as a philosophy professor. The poems in his latest collection, “Cemeteries and Galaxies,” are full of reflection and digression and probing. By David Orr David Orr is the ...

For 23 years, A.O. Scott was a film critic for the New York Times. For the past five months, he has been the nation’s most prominent poetry critic, writing a monthly column that uses the Times’ ...

It’s National Poetry Month this April. Is it worth celebrating? After all, poetry doesn’t seem to be doing much to alleviate the tension in our communities. Ask some of the middle schoolers I’ve ...

Chabad of Manhasset transported guests back in time with a “Purim in Persia” celebration at the Starry Ballroom, immersing the community in the royal splendor of the Purim story. The evening was ...

Of the many Jewish holidays that dot the calendar, one of my son’s favorites is Purim. For children, Purim is celebrated with costumes, festival foods like hamantaschen, donations to those in need, ...

CAPITAL REGION, NY (WRGB) — Purim is known as the biggest party on the Jewish calendar. Some call it the "Jewish Mardi Gras." Sunday the celebrations continued here in the Capital Region. Temple Sinai ...

CHICAGO – Community members in Andersonville gathered Sunday for the neighborhood’s first ever Purim Carnival. The holiday celebrates the Jews’ salvation in Ancient Persia in the face of a plan to ...

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen Esther ...

Circa 500 BC, Jewish heroine Esther appears before her husband Xerxes I, King of Persia to accuse Haman of plotting against the Jewish race. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images) ...