Purim

For Ukraine Jews, Purim holiday merely a respite

2015-03-05

By: Federation

On: March 5, 2015

In: Opinion

By Alan H. Gill, JTA World News Service NEW YORK (JTA) — Jewish perseverance, and more than a bit of chutzpah, lies at the heart of the Purim holiday we celebrate this week. It is one of the reasons we are instructed to mark this raucous holiday with boundless joyContinue Reading

The incredible, edible, (and spiritual) foulare

2015-02-17

By: Federation

On: February 17, 2015

In: Deliciously Sephardic

By Shelley Adatto Baumgarten, Jewish Sound Columnist The festival of Purim falls on the 14th day of the month of Adar, which is early springtime. Purim, the Hebrew word for lottery, is a great cause for rejoicing. After all, we recall Queen Esther, after concealing her Jewish identity for the sakeContinue Reading