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Purim

Photo taken by Dena Fox, 10, at the JCCSF Purim party. (Dena Fox)
Posted inKids & Family

J. sent ‘kid reporters’ to Purim parties with disposable cameras

Yael Bright by Yael Bright March 19, 2026June 19, 2026

Dena Fox, 10, loves Purim. “On Purim, I love that happiness is everywhere,” she told J. “I love seeing people smile!” So when J. gave Dena a camera to document […]

Oil wells set on  fire by Iraqi forces burned outside of Kuwait City during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. (Tech Sgt. David Mcleod via Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files)
Posted inLocal Voice

Spectacle of war masks hidden forces shaping our lives

Dan Glass (Courtesy) by Dan Glass March 10, 2026March 10, 2026
Girls in Purim costumes
Posted inOpinion

Projecting the Purim story onto this war is appealing. It’s also a dangerous mistake.

by Claire E. Sufrin March 3, 2026March 3, 2026
Israelis celebrate Purim
Posted inWorld

Death of Iranian leader just before Purim revives Book of Esther parallels

by Andrew Silow-Carroll March 3, 2026March 3, 2026
Posted inFirst Person

Disney princesses have let us down. VeggieTales’ Esther takes the crown.

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 24, 2026February 24, 2026
This Almond Poppy Coffee Cake takes a beloved Purim dessert and tweaks it. (Micah Siva)
Posted inRecipe

Move over hamantaschen: Try poppy seed coffee cake as a Purim treat

Micah Siva by Micah Siva February 19, 2026February 19, 2026
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
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
Shalita Corndog and Mina J’Moi lead drag bingo on Purim at Congregation Sha'ar Zahav. (Photo/Courtesy Rabbi Mychal Copeland)
Posted inLocal Voice

Why my synagogue hosted a drag story hour for Purim

9mugmychalcopeland by Rabbi Mychal Copeland April 4, 2023April 5, 2023

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