Every year on Purim, Jews of all ages dress up in costumes of heroes, familiar television characters, religious icons, or just plain silliness!
A sweet Israeli boy dresses like his ultimate hero: an IDF soldier. (Photo: Nati Shohat/Flash90)Israelis wait at a bus stop decorated for Purim! (Photo by Miriam ALster/Flash90)Spiderman visits the Western Wall (Photo: Mendy Hechtman/FLASH90)Children gather at the steps leading to the Cave of the Patriarchs dressed in their Purim best! (Photo: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)The holiday of Purim is inaugurated with the reading of the book of Esther from a scroll. Pictured are two men doing just that. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Clowning around on Purim in the city of Jerusalem. (Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Israeli school students dress up as characters from Inside Out at the Aseh Chayil school in Efrat, Gush Etzion. (Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90)An Israeli soldier dress up in costume poses for a picture at the Gush Etzion junction. (Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90)
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