Video: A Purim tale, ‘Drunk all year, but sober on Purim,’ in Yiddish with English subtitles
Master storyteller Shane Baker recites the classic writer I. L. Peretz's story of a would-be saintly man diverted by a turkey
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A holiday normally associated with revelry needs reimagining this year
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Culture A primary influence on Jewish jokes? The ancient Purim spiel
Purim spiels, like a roast, were always written in good fun and not with the intent to harm or demean
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Director David Herskovits talks ‘Remember This Trick,’ his new theater piece about antisemitism
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Liberal Jews must stop their hand-wringing about the need to wipe out our enemies
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Letters Tennessee’s drag ban affecting Purim is not a distraction from trans advocacy
In the face of the dangerous and formidable movement against queer lives, all voices are necessary
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