Purim

Purim, or “Jewish Halloween,”commemorates Esther saving the Jewish people from Haman, who was planning to kill all the Jews in the Persian Empire.

Looking for a Purim movie to watch? Here are the best Book of Esther retellings, ranked!

Purim celebrates how the Jewish people were saved from annihilation in ancient Persia as told in the book of Esther.

Everything you’ll need to celebrate the Jewish “Festival of Lots”

The story of Purim offers depths of interpretation. Maybe one day it’ll be turned into a cinematic masterpiece.

There are a couple approaches to the question of why we give ‘mishloach manot’ on Purim.

Everything you need to know about the Jewish “Festival of Lots”

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