Purim
How to get some Haredi children to stop wearing blackface on Purim
It’s incumbent upon us Orthodox Jews to make sure it never happens again.
On the scene: Photos from a pandemic Purim in Brooklyn
Kids dressed as princesses and pirates lined the streets of Borough Park and Crown Heights. Masks, both for costumes and COVID, were optional.
This Purim, don’t boo Haman
We should ask again, even when it comes to Haman, what can we do to de-escalate the violence, to start healing wounds, to build bridges?
Why Hamantashen are the most divisive cookies in the world
Who knew dessert could be divisive? But hamantashen cause drama.
WATCH: Learn some fun Yiddish words and proverbs about Purim
In this special edition of “Yiddish Word of the Day”, Rukhl Schaechter shares several humorous Purim-related proverbs you could use all year.
After a year of extreme strain, we need Purim more than ever
If there was ever a year when we needed to let loose and celebrate reason triumphing over hatred, this is it.
Purim as a Jewish ‘National Coming Out Day’: What the holiday means for LGBTQ Jews
Purim, some Jewish scholars argue, can ‘queer’ our understanding of what Torah is and what tradition is asking of us.
After celebrating Purim as a pandemic descended, the holiday is forever changed
I can’t decide whether Purim 2020 feels like 100 years ago or just yesterday.
After a year of the pandemic, the dual meaning of masks this Purim
‘The masks of the coronavirus represent a level of fear, but the mask of Purim is a mask of happiness,’ said one rabbi.
Masks, musicals and mixology — your guide to virtual Purim
You can scroll (get it?) through a few of your virtual options here.