(JTA) – Every year before Purim, my inbox and social ... because the favored method of representing Haman’s death in the ancient world wasn’t hanging by the neck – he was crucified ...

“Until recently, dressing up on Purim was an unknown concept in Middle Eastern Jewish communities. But making a puppet of Haman and hanging it on a tree near the synagogue was the holiday’s ...

It is this reversal of fortune that is celebrated on Purim. Why did Mordecai did not bow to Haman ... Mordecai's fate was in Haman's hands. A plan to hang him was in progress. A king's costume, a king ...

Of special importance in the Talmud is drinking wine on Purim. We are told one should drink so much that one can't tell the difference between the evil Haman and the good Mordecai. Sometime in the ...

Purim is the Jewish holiday commemorating when Queen Esther saved the Jews from her husband’s advisor, Haman’s, wrath. Haman ...

Haman was the King’s helper. To celebrate Purim, people eat special triangle biscuits called hamantaschen.

Find out how you can make a gragger and what they are used for. The Purim story features a villain called Haman, and everyone in the synagogue boos, hisses, stamps their feet and uses noisemakers ...