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Purim

Jamie Marx, "The Spiel Guy" (left) has written Purimspiels used by hundreds of synagogues — including Congregation Shir Hadash in Los Gatos, seen here enjoying his "Encanto"-themed spiel.
Posted inReligion

450 synagogues have turned to ‘The Spiel Guy’ for their Purimspiel scripts

by Emma Goss March 11, 2025March 11, 2025
Israeli DJ Itzik Lachmani playing in San Francisco for Purim 2024. (Courtesy)
Posted inMusic

This Israeli expat DJ wants the Bay Area to party like Tel Aviv

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 10, 2025March 10, 2025
An antique illustration of Esther's banquet from the Purim story from a book published in London in 1876. (Getty Images)
Posted inOpinion

Christian conservatives have appropriated Queen Esther as a symbol. Let’s take her back.

Amichai Lau-LavieJulie Dorf by Amichai Lau-Lavie and Julie Dorf March 10, 2025March 10, 2025
A Megillah at the Jewish Museum of Greece in Athens, 2013. (Tilemahos Efthimiadis via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 2.0)
Posted inTorah

Purim, our most radical holiday, rejects fatalism and fear

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 6, 2025March 7, 2025
Hamantaschen at Saul’s Deli in Berkeley. ( (Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff)
Posted inFood

UPDATED: Hamantaschen and beyond: Where to find Purim pastries around the Bay Area

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 4, 2025February 13, 2026
Joanne Greene and husband Fred with their granddaughter on Purim in 2022.
Posted inPurim

Party like it’s 5785: Where to celebrate Purim around the Bay Area

by J. Staff March 4, 2025March 12, 2025
Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir holds a grogger during a Megillah reading at his home in Jerusalem on Purim 1991. (Photo/Israel Government Press Office)
Posted inColumns

Silence isn’t golden: The power of Purim groggers

Rabbi Dov Greenberg by Rabbi Dov Greenberg March 21, 2024
hamantaschen
Posted inPurim

UPDATED: Purim fun around the Bay Area for all ages

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb March 12, 2024March 19, 2024
Carrot cake hamantaschen is two desserts in one. (Photo/MIcah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

This hamantaschen is two desserts in one

Micah Siva by Micah Siva March 3, 2023
“Das Purim-Fest” by Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, 1873
Posted inPurim

With pear salad and ‘La Bamba,’ it’s time for a Bay Area Purim

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 2, 2023

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