Tag: purim
Purim in wartime
Steve MarkMar 21, 2024
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?
Brooklyn bakery cranks out hundreds of thousands of hamantaschen for Purim
JTAMar 21, 2024
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
Rocky Mountain JewMar 18, 2016
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
Rocky Mountain JewMar 02, 2015
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
Rocky Mountain JewMar 18, 2014
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
Rocky Mountain JewFeb 22, 2013
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
Rocky Mountain JewFeb 21, 2013
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
Rocky Mountain JewFeb 14, 2013
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!
Rocky Mountain JewMar 08, 2012
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!
Shana GoldbergMar 02, 2012
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...