Purim Is Celebrated In Israel

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL - MARCH 06: Ultra-Orthodox Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim on March 6, 2015 in Jerusalem, Israel. The carnival-like Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as described in the Book of Esther. (Photo by Ilia Yefimovich/Getty Images)