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Purim

Members of the Masorti community in Kyiv perform in a Purim shpiel, March 6, 2023. (Photo/JTA-Marcel Gascón Barberá)
Posted inNews

Kyiv Jews celebrate their 2nd wartime Purim with renewed resolve and optimism

by Marcel Gascón Barberá and JTA March 7, 2023March 8, 2023
Rabbi Amanda Russell reads from Congregation Beth Sholom's newly commissioned Megillah. (Photo/Courtesy Beth Sholom)
Posted inUncategorized

Why my synagogue commissioned a groundbreaking new Megillah

Rabbi Amanda Russell by Rabbi Amanda Russell March 6, 2023March 6, 2023
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
Performers in the 2020 version of "The Shushan Queens." (Photo/Eli Zaturanski)
Posted inTheater

‘Shushan Queens’: A queer Purim musical jabs at antisemitism through song

Lea Loeb
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins) by Lea Loeb February 28, 2023March 6, 2023
smiling people at a party
Posted inAstrolojew

Horoscopes for Adar: The consoling power of holy laughter

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude February 21, 2023
Jammy Poppyseed Kugel  (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

This poppy seed kugel is perfect for Purim

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer February 20, 2023March 13, 2023
A scroll of the Book of Esther. (Photo/RNS-Courtesy Oregon State University-Wikipedia-Creative Commons)
Posted inOpinion

Can rabbis avoid burnout?

by Rabbi Jeffrey K. Salkin and RNS March 24, 2022March 24, 2022
Purim groggers, masks and hamantaschen (Photo/JTA-Getty)
Posted inOpinion

On Purim, we remember that charity alone will not end hunger

by Naama Haviv March 16, 2022March 16, 2022
Zelensky appears on a large screen in front of a crowd of people outdoors
Posted inOpinion

In Zelensky’s Mordechai-like Purim plea, Biden is as uneasy as Esther

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward March 16, 2022

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