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Purim costumes

A man wearing a wolf costume with his daughter dressed as Little Red Riding Hood shops at a stall in the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem, which was operating at limited capacity because of the war with Iran, during Purim in Jerusalem, March 4, 2026. (Theia Chatelle/ JTA)
March 4, 2026, 7:52 pm
Jerusalem marks a wartime Purim a day later than most, a tradition born in what is now Iran
With special status as a walled city during the time of the megilah story, the Israeli capital celebrates Shushan Purim with costumes, feasting and periodic runs to the bomb shelter
By Theia Chatelle
School kids, their teachers and parents dressed up in costumes seen at the Gabrieli Carmel School in Tel Aviv, ahead of the the Jewish holiday of Purim, March 13, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
March 13, 2025, 5:50 pm
Jewish kids in Israel and beyond dress up as Batman for Purim to honor the Bibas boys
Schoolchildren also don orange capes in tribute to slain brothers and their mother Shiri; thanking supporters, family says ‘you’ve shown us that Ariel and Kfir will never leave us’
By PHILISSA CRAMER
A snapshot of an 18th century Esther megillah, illustrated by a 14-year-old female scribe in Italy, on exhibit at the Israel Museum for Purim 2022 (Courtesy Israel Museum)
March 15, 2022, 5:41 am
How to make Purim meaningful as war rages in Ukraine
The Book of Esther, the traditional 3-cornered pastries, and other ways to observe a holiday that celebrates the triumph of good over evil
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Boys are dressed in costumes for Purim, Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in the Crown Heights neighborhood of New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
March 2, 2021, 12:13 am
Haredi kids in New Jersey seen in racist Purim costumes
NAACP chapter seeks meeting with Jewish leaders in Lakewood after children photographed wearing blackface, Afro wigs and Black Lives Matter sweatshirts
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Israelis shop for Purim costumes at a Red Pirate toy store in Kiryat Ekron, ahead of the Jewish holiday of Purim, on February 14, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)
February 18, 2021, 6:11 pm
Education Ministry approves Purim events for students in low-infection cities
Schools that are permitted to open in accordance with Health Ministry guidelines may hold celebrations; officials advise caution regarding face masks under costumes
By ToI Staff
Guy Aon showing his photo developing technology that allows him to place photos on the body, in a kind of flexible body mask (Courtesy Guy Aon)
March 6, 2020, 4:18 pm
Need a Purim mask? Try one in 3D
Guy Aon created a printing method that can be used for face recognition systems, different identities, and, Purim masks
By Jessica Steinberg
Partying at Tel Aviv's annual Purim street party (Courtesy City of Tel Aviv)
February 20, 2020, 11:27 am
Ben & Jerry’s runs Purim costume contest for free ice cream
For annual event, Israelis can dress up as ice cream flavors, including ‘made-up flavors,’ or ‘anything else you feel like doing in the spirit of Ben & Jerry’s,’ company says
By JTA and ToI Staff
An Amazon ad in Hebrew promoting its wide selection of costumes (Courtesy Amazon)
January 22, 2020, 11:28 am
Amazon promotes Purim costume purchases
The online retailer aims to draw Israeli buyers with ready-to-wear disguises and fancy dress options
By Jessica Steinberg
Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid (center) protests legislation to exempt ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students from military conscription, next to Dave Mandelshtam, who appeared as an ultra-Orthodox protester but was later revealed to be a Yesh Atid activist who had dressed up, Tel Aviv, March 4, 2018. (Screenshot)
March 4, 2018, 4:18 pm
‘Haredi Jew’ in Yesh Atid protest was a party activist
Party says Dave Mandelshtam dressed up ‘on his own initiative’ to protest legislation exempting yeshiva students from enlistment
By Sue Surkes
Rosanne Skopp
March 1, 2018, 3:09 pm
Rosanne Skopp
This Purim, I’m dressing as an old lady
When you don’t need a special ensemble or make up to realize you’re wearing a costume
Two kids from Kiryat Gat dress up for Purim as Na Nachs, Breslov Hasidim who often travel around in white vans, dancing in the streets to techno music (Courtesy Facebook)
March 1, 2018, 5:49 am
These Purim costumes deserve a prize
Two elaborate ensembles garner thousands of views on Facebook, depicting an Egged bus and ‘Na Nach’ Hasidim
By Jessica Steinberg
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
February 28, 2018, 4:05 pm
Sarah Tuttle-Singer
Purim grabbed my world and turned it upside down
The time an ultra-Orthodox woman kissed me in the middle of Jerusalem
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Coalition head David Amsalem at a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset on February 26, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90
February 28, 2018, 10:16 am
The Big Skim: 10 things for your February 28
Netanyahu is on the line in the Bezeq scandal, a judge is partially off the hook, army call-ups may be in the offing up north, and Trump is called out for making robocalls
By Joshua Davidovich
Yarden, a pleased fairy in her sparkling costumed wheelchair at Beit Issie Shapiro (Courtesy Beit Issie Shapiro)
February 27, 2018, 6:52 pm
When the wheelchair becomes part of the Purim costume
A project at Beit Issie Shapiro matches industrial design students with children with disabilities to create ingenious holiday outfits
By Jessica Steinberg
Participants at a traditional Carnival parade in Maastricht, the Netherlands, March 2, 2014. (Marcel Van Hoorn/AFP/Getty Images/via JTA)
February 14, 2018, 8:32 pm
For Jews in the Netherlands, Catholic Carnival feels like ‘hardcore Purim’
Despite the festival’s dark anti-Semitic roots, some Jewish revelers join the fray — this time as participants and not victims
By Cnaan Liphshiz
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