Ahead of Purim, shortcrust pastry takes center stage in the kitchen. Turn it into a simple, delicious poppy seed cake that disappears fast, with a filling you can swap for any flavor you like.

Purim is a one-day festival that honors the Jews' salvation from near destruction in Persia, or ancient Iran, nearly 2,400 ...

Hamantaschen may be the most popular Purim pastry in the United States, but the triangular cookie’s not the only traditional dessert associated with the celebratory holiday. Purim, which begins ...

To celebrate Purim, many Jews bake and eat a pastry called hamantaschen. The three-cornered cookie is named after Haman's hat. This dessert is generally filled with poppy seed or jam, but other ...

Jewish people have been eating hamantaschen on Purim for centuries — but now the desserts are getting a modern remix. Instead ...

Purim, the Jewish holiday based on the Book of Esther, starts today at sundown. The Purim celebration recounts the story of Queen Esther and how she saved the Jewish people from annihilation. The ...

March 24 is the most joyous day on the Jewish calendar! It’s Purim, the day our people were saved from a decree of annihilation 2,500 years ago in Persia by the evil Haman. As Jewish holidays go, ...

PITTSFIELD — Long before Star Trek conventions and Mardi Gras parades, there was Purim. Purim is the Jewish holiday where the whole Megillah is read and with a fair modicum of silliness and chaos.

Purim, a colorful Jewish holiday celebrating resilience and bravery, begins at sundown.