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.

|ByORI DAVIDI
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

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
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

What are you dressing up as this Purim?

Leading relief organization, Meir Panim enables Israel’s neediest children to celebrate with joy.

FEBRUARY 7, 2013ByTAMI BENMAYER
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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)