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Purim

Last minute checklist for your best Purim yet!

Purim is one of the most festive and joyous occasions of the year, and it starts tonight! Are you ready for this raucous celebration of the story of Esther?
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Why do Jews eat hamantaschen for Purim?

Why is Purim commemorated by a three-cornered filled pastry? Let’s unpack the history of hamantaschen.
mishloach manot

What are mishloach manot? Why do Jews give Purim gift baskets?

Purim movies

7 best movies to watch for Purim

Looking for a Purim movie to watch? Here are the best Book of Esther retellings, ranked!
Parker Posey, Catherine O'Hara, Christopher Moynihan, and Harry Shearer in "For Your Consideration."

‘For Your Consideration’ is the perfect Purim movie

As Purim story is one about greed and power (along with antisemitism), “For Your Consideration” cleverly mirrors this with the actors’ escalating egos as they chase fame and stir conflict on set.

How to celebrate Purim

Purim celebrates how the Jewish people were saved from annihilation in ancient Persia as told in the book of Esther.

Where was God?: Purim and post-Holocaust theology

The Jewish holidays in 2025

Here are all the major (and minor) Jewish holidays in 2022 and the days to ask off for from work.

Purim in a post-10/7 world

Behind the mask

Chef Alon Shaya’s peach and mascarpone hamantaschen

This hamantaschen recipe combines luscious fresh fruit and mascarpone for a lightly sweet, tangy filling.

Last-minute checklist for Purim

Everything you’ll need to celebrate the Jewish “Festival of Lots”

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