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Jewish food expert Joan Nathan, most recently author of "Quiches, Kugels and Couscous: My Search for Jewish Cooking in France," says that the giving of food gifts makes Purim one of most enjoyable and ...

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The colossal hamantasch, baked by Brooklyn’s Strauss Bakery, was created to raise funds for an anti-hunger campaign from Masbia Soup Kitchen Network. (New York Jewish Week) — A giant, 50-pound ...

Purim doesn't get the same press that Hanukkah and Passover do, but it's twice the fun. How can you not love a holiday on which the Torah commands you to drink until you can't tell the difference ...

When Kathy Cohen was growing up in Pittsburgh, Purim was one of her favorite times to visit her paternal grandparents. Each year on the Jewish holiday, she and her cousins would arrive at the living ...

Mar 20, 2019 Mar 20, 2019 Updated Sep 14, 2020 If you lived in Charleston 150 years ago, you’d not only understand the question. You’d have a ready answer. The Jewish holiday of Purim, which this year ...

Get your party on; Purim is almost here! The holiday is one of the most joyous and fun on the Jewish calendar, complete with everything from feasts to costumes to wine, all in honor of Queen Esther ...

There’s an old Ladino adage Neil loves to quote every year around this time. It goes “Purim por un lado, Pesah en la mano!” which means Purim on our side, Pesach in the hand. (As though I’m not ...

Hamantaschen may be the most popular Purim pastry in the United States, but the triangular cookie’s not the only traditional dessert associated with the celebratory holiday. Purim, which begins ...

Purim, the Jewish holiday that falls on March 14 this year, celebrates the Biblical story of the rescue of Jewish people from annihilation by Haman in Persia. Haman was the royal vizier to the Persian ...