Costume

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.”

 Israelis are seen in costume for the holiday of Purim, in Jerusalem.
An illustrative image of a child at a window.

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

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 Children dress up for Purim as orange Batman for Ariel Bibas.

Honoring Ariel Bibas, Jerusalem's children dress up as orange Batman for Purim


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

Netta Barzilai or a unicorn? Google predicts Purim trends

Search engine results indicate plenty of Fortnite-inspired costumes this year. .

Netta Barzilai