Costume

Iranians defy Islamic regime with Halloween celebrations as several reportedly detained

Security forces reportedly beat and detained revelers in Tehran as Iranians donned costumes and went without hijabs, defying new restrictions on Halloween events.

An Iranian celebrates Halloween on the streets of Iran this screenshot of a video posted on social media, October 31, 2026.
Costumes that convey power, immunity or even defiance

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

 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


Purim: The power of rethinking - opinion

Indeed, this year, I will be a scientist. Not just on Purim, but for the whole year ahead.

 SCHOOL KIDS are dressed up in costumes of top figures in the news, ahead of Purim this week.

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

How to dress your reborn doll for Halloween?


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.