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Purim

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks at the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Jan. 23, 2020. (Photo/JTA-Yonatan Sindel-Flash90)
Posted inOpinion

Stopping Putin starts with holding the fossil fuel industry accountable

by Rabbi Jennie Rosenn and Forward March 15, 2022
Rabbi Ber and Esti Rosenbat, directors of Chabad of Mountain View, and their seven children.
Posted inPurim

Mountain View Chabad kicks off with Purim party

by Emma Goss March 15, 2022
On Purim, what is festive to some can be a nightmare for others. (Photo/JTA-Robert Essel-Getty Images)
Posted inReligion

Staying sober on Purim: Jews with alcohol use disorder can be triggered during the drinking holiday

by Rachel Román and JTA March 14, 2022
a plate of hamantaschen
Posted inPurim

A hamantaschen hat trick: tahini, peanut butter, berries

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer March 10, 2022
Hamantaschen with the colors of the Ukrainian flag. (Photo/JTA-Instagram-chopsticksmeetfork)
Posted inFood

Hamantaschen for Ukraine: local bakers raise dough for war relief

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky March 9, 2022March 15, 2022
Michael Che makes a joke about Israel's vaccine rollout on Saturday Night Live on Feb. 20, 2021. (Screenshot/YouTube)
Posted inOpinion

What Jewish comedians made of Michael Che’s Israel joke

by Andrew Silow-Carroll and JTA February 24, 2021February 26, 2021
(Illustration/JTA-Rebecca Kerzner)
Posted inReligion

For this second pandemic Purim, let’s focus on giving tzedakah

Sharon Weiss-Greenberg by Sharon Weiss-Greenberg and JTA February 22, 2021
Kosher Palate, a kosher restaurant in Dallas, prepared thousands of free hot meals to serve to Orthodox families affected by power outages during Winter Storm Uri, Feb. 17, 2021.
Posted inU.S.

Battered by cold, Texas Jewish communities join desperate relief effort

by Andrew Lapin and JTA February 18, 2021February 18, 2021
In the 2019 "Irreverently Yours, The Shushan Queens" Purim spiel, Haman and the king plotted to build a wall around Shushan to keep the Jews out. (Photo/Courtesy Kiki Lipsett)
Posted inComedy

What are we ready to joke about during this pandemic Purim?

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky February 17, 2021March 15, 2021
Haman shooting an arrow at the zodiac to forecast the future in an 18th-century Dutch megillah. (Photo/Collection of Shalom Sabar)
Posted inColumns

Month of Adar: Milk the magic for all it’s worth

Lorelai Kude by Lorelai Kude February 16, 2021

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