This year's festivities, deeply influenced by the events of October 7, see a significant shift in costume preferences among children.
The Education Ministry guides teachers and students on celebratory costumes to avoid alarm or stress, offers dialogue on choosing creative costumes that will encourage positive energy in school
NBC5 reported that following the termination of the workers, they were removed from the State Department's Exchange Visitor Program and would be returning to their hometowns.
Animatsuri was held at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem by the Association for Manga and Anime in Israel in cooperation with the Japanese embassy.
Addressing criticism that he has received, Toco assured the publish that his dream of becoming a dog, while an animalistic desire, was not a fetish.
After a video showing their sun bear standing sparked online rumors that it was actually a person in a costume, the zoo released a statement assuring the public otherwise.
Several Israeli MKs and ministers took the time to make costumes that either reflected Purim merriment or contained political meanings.