Purim

A Purim tradition of the Cochin Jews.

Rossella Tercatin
March 17 2025 12:01AM

Fetishizing powerlessness.

Emmanuel Bloch, Zvi Ron and Jonathan Tobin
March 14 2025 12:01AM

“Our heads are full to the brim with our thinking/ Just as the King runneth over with drinking.”

Miriam Udel
March 14 2025 12:01AM

A sailor, a citrus tree, and other costumes.

Jewish National Fund
March 14 2025 12:01AM

A scholar of philosophy joins us to take a close look at the book of Esther, and the lessons it has to teach about human success and divine providence.

March 14 2025 12:01AM

A failed escape and a beloved sacred tune.

March 13 2025 12:01AM

Created by David Ben-Gurion’s nephew.

Yael Engel
March 13 2025 12:01AM

Books of the Hebrew Bible are always written in Hebrew—except for this one.

Hillel Kuttler
March 22 2024 12:01AM

There are many strange things about Purim that in the end connect to joy.

Yehoshua November
March 22 2024 12:01AM

Behind the masekhah.

René Bloch
March 19 2024 12:01AM

The holiday noisemaker bears a suspicious resemblance to the Spanish carraca.

March 14 2024 12:00AM

Self-defense, not revenge.

Haim Jachter
March 12 2024 12:01AM

Julius Streicher and the endurance of anti-Semitism.

March 8 2023 12:01AM

Megillat Esther and Second Purim.

Chaya Sara Oppenheim
March 6 2023 12:01AM