LOS ANGELES (JTA) — On Purim, can we really blot out the memory of an evil like Haman, who threatened our very existence, with a noisemaker? When in a popular Purim song we sing “Hava narishah-rash, ...
During our first trip to Israel many years ago we bought a humorous silver Purim grogger that depicts a man holding a goblet of wine, almost tipsy, dancing while being bucked by a frisky goat as a ...
A year after Russia invaded Ukraine, Helen Chervitz, the Forward’s correspondent in Kyiv, talked with Rabbi Yaakov Bleich, 58, one of two men who claim to be chief rabbi of the country. He leads the ...
The digital Talmud study app Sefaria has released a special update for Purim: The app now has a built-in grogger. Purim, the raucous holiday of spiels, drinking and dress-up, is beloved also for its ...
Love it or dread it, Purim is finally here, and there’s nearly a week of parties, events, parades and activities to celebrate the age-old story of Queen Esther and her uncle Mordechai, bad guy Haman ...
Kiryat Arba regional council head and students with the groggerThe mission-based seed of Kiryat Arba Kiryat Arba, located adjacent to Hevron in Judea, held its Purim carnival on Friday ahead of the ...
Handmade Purim noisemaker from Holocaust transit camp donated to Yad Vashem The grogger belonged to the late Marcel Micenmacher, who survived the Holocaust with few other objects to serve as mementos ...
Who needs Halloween or Mardi Gras? On Purim, the masquerade of characters is lively and intriguing: Spangled Vashtis, bearded Mordecais, snarling Hamans, bejeweled Esthers, silk-robed Ahasueruses. The ...
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