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This Passover, as in every year, new haggadahs abound.
Posted inKids & Family

New haggadahs for 2020: nationalism, artistry, the environment and more

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 11, 2020March 12, 2020
Aquarian Minyan's Purim celebration at Ashkenaz in Berkeley. (ALEX MADONIK)
Posted inHolidays

Despite coronavirus, public Purim celebrations go on around Bay Area

by Sue Fishkoff March 10, 2020March 11, 2020
Businessmen talking in secrecy. (JTA/GETTY)
Posted inOpinion

A year ago, I said #MeToo. Purim reminds me of all we haven’t learned.

Sheila Katz by Sheila Katz March 9, 2020March 9, 2020
Purim groggers, masks and hamantaschen (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inReligion

Purim is a holiday for partying. This year, the coronavirus makes things different.

Ben Sales by Ben Sales and JTA March 9, 2020
Participants in the “No Hate, No Fear” solidarity march in lower Manhattan, Jan. 5, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Erik McGregor-LightRocket via Getty Images)
Posted inTorah

How much spiritual energy should we devote to anti-Semitism?

Rabbi Amy Eilberg by Rabbi Amy Eilberg March 6, 2020March 5, 2020
Rabbi Yossi Marcus, coeditor of a new edition of the Megillah. (FILE PHOTO)
Posted inReligion

Chabad edition offers mystical insights into Book of Esther

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky March 4, 2020September 23, 2022
Five-year-old Greta Salmi as Queen Esther.
Posted inPurim

An eye-opening moment for a 5-year-old Queen Esther (me)

Greta Salmi by Greta Salmi March 3, 2020March 2, 2020
Faith Kramer's Candied Carrot Hamantaschen (Faith Kramer)
Posted inPurim

Fight evil this Purim with sweet carrot hamantaschen and tortellini with chickpeas

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer March 2, 2020March 2, 2020
Sarah Julia Seldin, left, and Shani Mink are founders of the Jewish Farmer Network. (JTA/Ben Harris)
Posted inU.S., Holidays, Tu Bishvat, Jewish Life, News

How a new wave of Jewish farmers are growing their own community

by Ben Harris and JTA February 26, 2020February 26, 2020
Haman shooting an arrow at the zodiac to forecast the future in an 18th-century Dutch megillah. (Photo/Collection of Shalom Sabar)
Posted inPurim

Month of Adar: Facts are flexible as we don the masks of Purim

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude February 24, 2020March 2, 2020

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