Howie Mandel, Bob Saget and other celebrities to read the Purim story for charity
by Gabe Friedman (JTA) — A slew of Jewish comedians are teaming up for a Purim event to raise money for the Met Council, a…
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To make my second pandemic Purim more meaningful, I’m focusing on giving to the poor
by Sharon Weiss-Greenberg (JTA) — One year ago, we were debating how to navigate Purim carnivals — not if they should or should not take…
‘I would have canceled’: 3 weeks after Purim celebrations, coronavirus is hitting Jewish communities hard
by Ben Sales NEW YORK (JTA) — The day before the Hasidic folk band Zusha performed before a crowd of 300 in the Brooklyn neighborhood…
A year ago, I went public with my #MeToo moment. Purim reminds me of all we haven’t learned.
by Sheila Katz WASHINGTON (JTA) — As we approach the Purim holiday, we also approach the one-year anniversary of my own going public about being sexually…
From the Sources: Purim – Sequel to Sinai
by Eliezer Segal (AJNews) – In one of the Talmud’s more theologically troubling passages, an obscure sage named Rav Avdimi bar Ḥama expounded that when…