Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Poppy seed pleasures
By Judy Zeidler
It all began with Queen Esther, the heroine of the Purim story, who became a vegan when she married King Ahasuerus and moved into the palace. She. . .
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
‘Shalakhmones: The Purim Platters’
by Sholom Aleichem
Wearing a silk kerchief and a plain apron - a combination of holiday and weekday attire - Mama stood by the table, practically at her wit’s end. It. . .
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Jewish NBA player “Completely not jealous” of Jeremy Lin
by Leo Margul, JointMedia News Service
Jeremy Lin’s NBA debut, in which he scored more points in his initial five games than any other new player, resulted in a fan frenzy that Charlotte. . .
Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Purim: Are you doing it right?
by Lev Novak, JointMedia News Service
Purim is a festival renown for celebration, excessive drinking and wild, outlandish costumes; or, as Chasids in Brooklyn call it, Tuesday. It’s the. . .
Thursday, March 17, 2011
My personal Purim miracle
by Rabbi Daniel Bouskila
It was Purim, 1985. The surroundings seemed so strange to me. From childhood, Purim always meant Megillah reading, noise from noisemakers, loud. . .
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
California on Purim [VIDEO]
by Yale Wolman and Michael Bock
KassemJEW on the streets for Purim. What do you know about Purim?. . .
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
Not Every Day is Purim
By Ori Nir, Spokesperson, Americans for Peace Now
A colloquial Hebrew expression says, “not every day is Purim.” It can loosely be translated as “you can’t fool all the people all the. . .
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Our Annual Purim Spoof Cover 2011: Charlie Sheen, Wisconsin, Wikileaks, Dior, Egypt
By JewishJournal.com
Purim spoof cover. . .
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
No more tears of a clown
By Ryan Torok
A man walks into a shrink’s office and says he wants to commit suicide. “What you need is a good belly laugh,” the shrink says. “Go across. . .
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Purim Calendar
By Ryan Torok
Spotlight: Purim museum tour. Sat. 1 p.m. and Sun 1 p.m. Free (does not include museum admission). Skirball Cultural Center, 2701 N. Sepulveda Blvd.,. . .
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Retelling Purim: Q & A with Mordechai, Esther, Vashtie and Hayman
By Edmon J. Rodman, JTA
With Purim just a grogger’s turn away on March 19, it's time to reroll the scroll of Esther and take another look at the whole megillah. It's a. . .
Monday, March 14, 2011
Jew Are You? [VIDEO]
Jew Are You?. . .
Monday, March 14, 2011
Turning the world upside-down on Purim
By Dasee Berkowitz, JTA
When was the last time you stood on your head? If you don't practice yoga, and you're not a 2-year-old, it's probably been quite a while. Noting that. . .
Friday, March 11, 2011
Drinking does not drive the Purim celebration
By Rabbi Dov Fischer
We are an American generation sadly marred by excess, addiction, and reduced public morals. On line at the supermarket we see magazines that headline. . .
Thursday, March 10, 2011
“Megillat Hitler,” FDR, and the Jews
by Dr. Rafael Medoff
Among the more remarkable documents of the Holocaust is a scroll, created in North Africa in 1943, called "Megillat Hitler." Written in the style of. . .
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Glass roof falls in during N.Y. Purim party
JTA
Glass falling from the atrium roof of the Sony Building in New York interrupted a Purim party.. . .
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Our Annual Purim Spoof Cover
By JewishJournal.com
Blockbuster Sequel: Ravitar, Medical Hamantaschen, Tiger's JDate profile, Mel Gibson steals a trick from Sarah Palin, Joe Lieberman's 'Scott Brown'. . .
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Open-mic night at the Improv
By Ryan Torok
Comedy’s living legends — like Larry David, Jerry Seinfeld, Jay Leno and Richard Lewis — all started out, at least in part, as nobodies playing. . .
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Forbearance: a true life in comedy
By Ryan Torok
It’s Thursday night at an Italian restaurant in a Ventura County strip mall. Bruce Fine is standing at the back of a small room where he performs. . .
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Q&A With Mel Brooks
By Tom Teicholz
Mel Brooks is on a hot streak: He was just a Kennedy Center Honoree (along with Dave Brubeck, Robert De Niro, Grace Bumbry and Bruce Springsteen);. . .
Friday, January 29, 2010
Purim Particulars
WHAT IT IS:
As told in the biblical Book of Esther, the Purim story recounts how Haman, the chief minister to King Ahasuerus, plotted to destroy the. . .
Thursday, March 1, 2001
The Almanac: What is Purim?
by Jewish Journal Staff
As told in the biblical Book of Esther, the Purim story recounts how Haman, the chief minister to King Ahasuerus, plotted to destroy the Jews of. . .
