Costume

Triple Purim: How Jerusalemites celebrate this year’s three-day extravaganza

This year, the festival is extended to three days in walled cities – adding the day before and the day after – giving rise to what is commonly known as Purim Meshulash, or “triple Purim.”

|ByBATSHEVA SHULMAN, YAEL HALFON
Israelis are seen in costume for the holiday of Purim, in Jerusalem.
An illustrative image of a child at a window.

Purim costumes come off, the pain of abuse lasts a lifetime - opinion

It’s time to stop making excuses. It’s time to remove the costumes. And most importantly, it’s time to stand with the victims of abuse.

|ByZVI GLUCK
Israelis take part in the Jewish holiday of Purim parade (Adloyada), in Jerusalem, March 25, 2024

The happiness formula: How Esther transformed celebration forever

Purim’s costumes hold a deeper lesson—seeing beyond disguises to the true essence of people, just as in the Megillah.

|BySIVAN RAHAV MEIR
Children dress up for Purim as orange Batman for Ariel Bibas.

Honoring Ariel Bibas, Jerusalem's children dress up as orange Batman for Purim

"The case of Ariel, Kfir, Shiri, and Yarden [Bibas] touched us all," the nursery school teacher, Sima Aaharon, said.

|ByEVE YOUNG

Fundamentally Freund: Peering behind Obama’s Purim costume

As we know, a mask often reveals far more than it conceals. And in this case, what it cloaks is frightening indeed.

MARCH 7, 2012ByMICHAEL FREUND
US President Barack Obama at press conference 390 (R)