Underground party scene: Israelis celebrate Purim in air raid shelters

TEL AVIV — As the sun set in the coastal Israeli city of Tel Aviv on Monday, air raid sirens warning of incoming Iranian missiles sent residents hurrying to shelters just as the Jewish holiday of Purim was starting. All public gatherings have been banned by military order, but four floors underground in the basement parking lot of a Tel Aviv mall, hundreds of young people gathered in costume, as is customary for the festive holiday — typically marked by gift-giving and lots of alcohol. Purim, which celebrates the Jewish people’s rescue from a Persian extermination plot as recounted in […]... Keep on reading: Underground party scene: Israelis celebrate Purim in air raid shelters