Moving moment at Marina Roscha in Moscow: 95-year-old Alexander Gorodetsky handed to the Chief Rabbi of Russia, Rabbi Berel Lazar, an antique miniature Megillah.

A new digital project is bringing the Megillah to life like never before, offering a fully immersive, three dimensional ...

Despite Operation Roaring Lion, Israelis continue to celebrate Purim in shelters and homes, with community efforts to ensure ...

Rabbi David Stav shares the halakhot of reading the Scroll of Esther during times of war, explaining how Jewish law ...

If a siren sounds while we are reading the Megillah and we pause, do we start again or continue from where we left off?

For more than four decades, Rabbi Hazzan Jeffrey Myers has made a ritual of reinvention, crafting Purim spiels that spoof the biggest names in popular culture with music and wit. While “A Hard Night’s ...

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Purim is celebrated by exchanging mishloach manot, donating to charity, eating a festive meal, and listening to the reading ...

This year, Megillat Esther is a Rorschach test for Jews around the globe. We are going through different experiences, but ...

The Scroll of Esther is getting a makeover from some kids in Pennsylvania, a Reconstructionist scribe and a computer graphics program. Congregation Or Hadash, a small Reconstructionist synagogue ...

Last week, the Chronicle asked its readers in an online poll the following question: “What is your favorite aspect of Purim?” Of the 140 people who responded, 34% said, “Festive eating and drinking; ...

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