Leah Grisham
This year, with some unlikely help from Greta Gerwig’s film Barbie, I finally have the words to explain why honoring Queen Esther with the name Hadassah is so important to me.
Honoring Queen Esther’s Secret Self
Tag: Purim
Crunching Poppyseeds on Purim
Susan Barocas
These flaky, gluten-free cookies are eaten for Norouz, the Persian New Year, and by Persian Jews for the holiday of Purim since both holidays often fall close together on the calendar.
Savor Purim
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Explore tantalizing Egyptian, Persian and other Sephardic holiday traditions through music, cooking demonstrations and lively conversations.
Uplifting Unnamed Women
Naima Hirsch Gelman
In the Purim story, and in American society after Dobbs.
A Modern Esther
Hadar Cohen
For Jackie Zarine Mostny, the Persian Jewish Queen lineage from the time of Esther continues to live on– and evolve.
Digging Deeper into Esther’s Mysteries
Rabbi Chana Thompson Shor
The Book of Esther still speaks to us, even in the “safe” diaspora without ruling monarchs — because governments may shift, policies change and antisemitism reasserts itself.
Esther in a New World
Ilana Kurshan
As part of his only recorded direct speech in the book of Esther, Mordechai exhorts his orphaned cousin Esther to appeal to King Ahaseurus, suggesting that Queen Esther’s raison d’etre… Read more »
An Open Letter from Vashti to Her Successor
Heather Paul
I never wanted to be a queen. I only wanted to be Vashti.
Between Purim and Passover, a Plague
Rayzel Raphael
What if wee find we are more resilient than we knew?
What Purim in Israel Taught me About Inequality
Polina Kroik
Commentators say that mishloah manot is an exchange of gifts between equals. Needless to say that it didn’t work out that way in our school.