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Packages ahead of Purim, containing food items and books of Esther, given to Knesset members by families of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip, March 10, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.
Purim for every IDF soldier
Special emphasis is dedicated to ensuring that every base has a “Scroll of Esther” written on parchment.
Rabbi Chaim Goldberg
March 13, 2025
Poppy-seed hamantashen at Famous 4th Street Deli in Philadelphia, established in 1923. General manager Lou Novak says the dairy version is made with “lots of butter,” sprinkled with poppy seeds on the top and sides using even more butter, March 2, 2025. Photo by Carin M. Smilk.
Bottom line when it comes to hamantaschen: ‘Make it, eat it or showcase it’
Women gather before Purim for a no-nonsense, do-it-yourself session, flavored by some stories of family traditions.
Carin M. Smilk
March 13, 2025
Venetian mask. Credit: Nicolette/Pixabay.
Behind the mask
On Purim and every day, take time to recognize the countless little miracles (and many not-so-little miracles).
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
March 12, 2025
Omer Shem Tov, 23, an Israeli hostage released by Hamas after 505 days help captive in Gaza, returns to his home in Herzliya, March 1, 2025. Photo by Tal Gal/Flash90.
The gallows, the tunnels and the tree: Hidden miracles from Persia to Gaza
Purim reminds us that salvation can come in the blink of an eye and that even in our darkest moments, we are never alone.
Rabbi Areyah Kaltmann
March 12, 2025
A “sofer” (Hebrew for “scribe”) writes the scroll of Esther for the Jewish holiday of Purim in the northern Israeli city of Safed on March 5, 2025. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.
On Purim, celebrate Jewish self-defense, not self-loathing
Leftists misuse the biblical book of Esther to promote the lie about Israel committing genocide when it is the Palestinians, like Hitler, Haman and Amalek before them, who seek their extermination.
Jonathan S. Tobin
March 12, 2025
The coronation of Esther from the Moshe Ben Avraham Pescarol Esther Scroll, Ferrara, Italy, 1616. Credit: National Library of Israel.
Rare 17th-century Esther Scroll returns to Ferrara for Purim show
The National Library of Israel is lending the 400-year-old artifact to the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah for a new temporary exhibition.
Joshua Marks
March 11, 2025
Pro-Palestinian demonstrators march during a "No Votes for Genocide" rally organized by the Boston Coalition for Palestine ahead of the U.S. general election in Boston, on Nov. 2, 2024. Photo by Joseph Prezioso / AFP via Getty Images.
Now is the time to push the Heritage Foundation’s ‘Project Esther’ forward
With the Republican win, it is time to move the Jew-haters out of their spheres of influence.
Amy Neustein
Nov. 7, 2024
“Esther Denouncing Haman,” oil on canvas, by Ernest Normand, 1888. Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Purim: Hope of deliverance
We are in pain, but we need to see the positive in our situation. We need to give thanks for those doing good.
Leiah Elbaum
March 23, 2024
King Ahasuerus and Haman at the “Feast of Esther.” Credit: Rembrandt Painting, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow, via Wikimedia Commons.
Queen Esther, a woman of valor
We, too, can have an impact on the powers that be, and protect our brethren at home and abroad.
William Daroff
March 21, 2024