PURIM STREET PARTY IN TEL AVIV, A FEW HOURS AGO THIS is how it is for Jews (Thurs evening in Israel, Fri am in Aust): It's Purim in Tel Aviv right now, so Jews are all dancing in the streets because 2,400 years ago, some evil jealous losers tried and failed to kill us all. Here's how it works: You try, you fail, you die, we party for thousands of years after nobody remembers you even existed. | Australian Jewish Association - AJA

One of the customs of celebrating #Purim is wearing costumes. Here's what it looks like on the streets of Jerusalem. | Jerusalem Dateline

Ultra-Orthodox Jews dressed in costumes celebrate #Purim in Jerusalem's Mea Shearim neighbourhood. The Purim holiday is celebrated with costumes, parades, festive meals and parties. The holiday commemorates the deliverance of the Jews in ancient Persia from a plot to exterminate them, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. | NoComment