Costume

An educational psychologist reveals: What your child’s costume says about them

This year, many children choose costumes like monsters or soldiers; it reflects their need for protection and a sense of power, not just play.

Costumes that convey power, immunity or even defiance
 Israelis are seen in costume for the holiday of Purim, in Jerusalem.

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

An illustrative image of a child at a window.

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

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

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Bezalel, Shalva NGO and TOM make Purim costumes for kids with disabilities

The initiative to make the costumes began after caretakers and parents mobilized on Zoom in order to coordinate the task by meeting with some of the children.

CHILDREN DRESSED in costumes arrive at school ahead of Purim, in Sderot, yesterday.

The Jerusalem Post weighs in on this year’s very different celebrations

How will you be Puriming?

JPost celebrates Purim

Purim: Disabled children get custom costumes to incorporate wheelchairs

"A wheelchair can become a construction worker’s dump truck or Batman’s batmobile."

A disabled child is seen wearing a custom batman costume incorporating the wheelchair as a batmobile ahead of Purim.

Purim in a pandemic: Having fun while staying safe

There are some fun ways to celebrate Purim, even at home!

Purim 2021

Dressing up for Purim: The origins and modern custom

It appears that wherever Jews have settled over the centuries we have had to adapt ourselves in a chameleon-like way to survive discrimination and persecution.

Israeli kids in Purim costumes

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People are glamming up for mundane activities to brighten up lockdown

A trend of wearing costume to take out the trash has seen people wear wedding dresses, superhero costumes and lobster costumes.

trash collection 521

Dancers at Spanish carnival equate Jews and Nazis, parade Auschwitz floats

In Badajos, which is about 200 miles southwest of Madrid, dozens of participants marched on the main street.

The Plaza Alta in Badajoz, Spain, 24 January 2016

Ukrainian shop pulls costumes of Orthodox Jews in sidecurls

The costumes, featuring fake sidecurls, or payes, and jewelry, were pulled offline Monday by the Assol atelier in Lviv.

Haredi family, New York City.

Marvel asks NYC councilman to stop dressing as Captain America

Ben Kallos, a New York City councilman who is running for Manhattan Borough president in 2021, wears a Captain America costume on the stump and uses the images in his literature.

Captain America