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Purim in wartime

We are, it seems, at an emotional crossroads. How do we celebrate the most joyful and raucous of Jewish holidays when there is a tragic scarcity of joy in our lives?

Purim is the only time of year Strauss Bakery makes haman- taschen in mass quantities. (Julia Gergely)

Brooklyn bakery cranks out hundreds of thousands of hamantaschen for Purim

In Borough Park, Brooklyn, a massive bakery thinks it has found the secret ingredient to baking hundreds of thousands of hamantaschen every Purim season.

‘Cannoli’ hamantaschen

Purim bakers out there will know that hamantaschen are surprisingly difficult to make. The problem is that the dough is incredibly soft, so the simple process of...

Links to…Purim spoofs & spiels

There’s something wonderfully irreverent about Purim. We’re granted permission — nay, encouraged! — to do all the things normally frowned upon in regular life,...

Links to…Purim spoofs

Was it a bad Purim joke? Or just bad timing? Late Thursday evening, our site went down. We were back up & running by late Friday afternoon, but the time […]

Links to…Purim spoofs and spiels

It’s that time of year again — spoofs, gags, jokes, all kinds of mischief. This week’s IJN includes our annual Indigestible Purim Nosh announcing an Academy...

Citrusy hamantaschen

Lemon or orange? Until last week we thought the big question revolving around hamantaschen prep was the fold versus pinch debate. Of course that’s only after...

Five ways for mishloach manot

There’s more to Purim than Hamantaschen. Gasp! Did we just say that? Purim actually comes with four mitzvot, or “to dos”, which are listed toward the...

Happy Purim!

If you’re still putting together your mishloach manot, check out our tips for a breakfast-themed Purim pack and our hamantaschen recipe. And make sure not miss the...

Purim Sameach!

After a period of quiet in the Jewish calendar, it’s all starting up again! Wednesday night is Purim, which means megillah, masquerades and mishloach manot! The...