Purim

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Feast on This: Creative and Delicious Recipes for Purim

By JewishBoston

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Where To Find Hamantaschen in Greater Boston 2025

By Kara Baskin

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At Purim, Yad Chessed Makes It Easy To Give Back

By Kara Baskin

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Food & Recipes

3/5/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

Where To Find Hamantaschen in Greater Boston 2025

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

3/1/2023 Top Pick   Edit  

Where To Find Hamantaschen in Greater Boston

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

2/21/2023 Top Pick   Edit  

Recipe: Galit’s Treats Hamantaschen

Galit’s might have closed, but you can make her treats at home.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

3/7/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Where to Get Hamantaschen in Boston in 2022

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

3/2/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Fundraiser: Hamantashen for Ukraine

Profits of sales are donated directly by participating bakers to the Polish Humanitarian Action to assist Ukrainian refugees.

 By Hamantashen for Ukraine

3/2/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

To Help Ukraine, These Jewish Bakers Are Making Hamantaschen

By Joe BaurFor The Nosher

2/28/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

It’s a Big Month for Mamaleh’s Delicatessen

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

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Crafts & DIY

3/20/2016 Top Pick   Edit  

Printable Purim Coloring Page

This printable coloring page encourages kids to think outside the (costume) lines.

 By JewishBoston

3/18/2016 Top Pick   Edit  

Printable Mishloach Manot Box Template

 By JewishBoston

SUMMERS ARE S’MORE FUN AT CAMP Learn how your child may be eligible for a One Happy Camper grant! EXPLORE

3/18/2016 Top Pick   Edit  

Printable Purim Masks

 By JewishBoston

3/7/2016 Top Pick   Edit  

Purim Face-Painting 101

Three easy-to-create face-painting designs that can transform your child into one of the main characters from the Purim story.

By Kat HorionFor JewishBoston

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Traditions & Rituals

3/3/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

At Purim, Yad Chessed Makes It Easy To Give Back

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

3/18/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

Give Back at Purim With Yad Chessed

The social services agency provides essentials to Jewish families in need.

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

Make Havdalah a weekly tradition    Havdalah At Home   Download Free Guide  

3/9/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Purim: Not Your Jewish Halloween

By Dr. Michael LaitmanFor Bnei Baruch Education Center

3/11/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

The Millennial Megillah

By Miriam AnzovinFor JewishBoston

2/21/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

What Is Shushan Purim?

 By JewishBoston

3/6/2017 Top Pick   Edit  

Writing the Whole Megillah

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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Community News

3/18/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Boston-Area Jewish Community Celebrates Purim

The holiday is a joyous one and is known as a favorite of Jewish children.

By Chaiel SchaffelFor WBZ NewsRadio

3/4/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Yad Chessed Prepares To Fulfill Purim’s Mitzvah of Tzedakah

Sometimes you just have to ask for help. That’s a message Marsha Finkelstein hopes others in the Jewish community take.

By Penny SchwartzFor Jewish Journal

3/2/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Fundraiser: Hamantashen for Ukraine

Profits of sales are donated directly by participating bakers to the Polish Humanitarian Action to assist Ukrainian refugees.

 By Hamantashen for Ukraine

3/10/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

How American Synagogues Are Dealing With Coronavirus Panic Ahead of Major Jewish Holidays

Congregations have canceled services and events, and are changing regular procedures—including at least one virtual bar mitzvah.

 By Business Insider

3/2/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Taking Off Our Masks for Mental Health

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

2/27/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

A Hand of Loving Kindness: Supporting Yad Chessed at Purim

By Kara BaskinFor JewishBoston

3/11/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

Yavilah McCoy on Racial Justice, the Women’s March and Queen Esther

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

2/26/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

#ShareHerStory Campaign Elevates Jewish Women’s Voices

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

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Arts & Culture

3/22/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

No Matter What: Joy and Memory in Adar

Our mandate to remember the victims and captives of Oct. 7 must be balanced with a reminder to continue to pursue joyful experiences.

 By Dan Brosgol

3/7/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Purim Inspires Photographer Leann Shamash

The Newton artist introduces a new way to read the Purim story in “Feasts, Fasts, Fakeries: The Scroll of Esther Through a Photographic Lens.”

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

2/23/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Telling the Purim Story Through Clay

Local artist Rachel Hammerman talks about her latest project depicting scenes from the Megillah.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

2/16/2021 Top Pick   Edit  

New Memoir Captures the Spirit of Purim and the American Dream

“Concealed” by Esther Amini portrays the Jewish American story of an immigrant family.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

3/25/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

Baroque Oratorio’s Fate Overturned by Miraculous Rescue

18th-century Hebrew-language musical dramatization of Purim story was nearly lost to time; now, just ahead of the holiday, a recent production marks its East Coast premiere.

 By The Times of Israel

3/18/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

Duping for the Sake of Lying

Duped by her ex-fiancé, journalist Abby Ellin turns her heartbreak into a compelling memoir.

By Judy Bolton-FasmanFor JewishBoston

3/15/2019 Top Pick   Edit  

The Misadventures of Harry Potter and the Book of Esther

By Ashley M. JacobsFor JewishBoston

3/5/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

Musical by Former Northeastern Professor to Debut in New York

Just in time for Purim, local playwright Samuel Bernstein has a new musical for Jews and non-Jews alike—if you can make the trip to New York.

 By The Boston Globe

2/21/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

Take No Prisoners: A Purim Soundtrack

Featuring Aerosmith, Fleetwood Mac, MGMT and more.

 By JewishBoston

2/18/2018 Top Pick   Edit  

Long Live the Queen

By Miriam AnzovinFor JewishBoston

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Voices From Our Community

3/14/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

You Cannot Build a True Future From a False Past

This Purim and Passover season, let’s reclaim our stories with truth, accountability, and the responsibility they demand.

By Rabbi William HamiltonFor Congregation Kehillath Israel

2/28/2025 Top Pick   Edit  

(Not) Feeling Joy THIS Adar

As Adar begins, joy feels distant—but the story of Purim teaches us that even in darkness, sorrow can transform into celebration.

By Rabbi Noah ChesesFor Young Israel of Sharon

3/22/2024 Top Pick   Edit  

No Matter What: Joy and Memory in Adar

Our mandate to remember the victims and captives of Oct. 7 must be balanced with a reminder to continue to pursue joyful experiences.

 By Dan Brosgol

3/22/2024   Edit  

What Purim Teaches Us About Mental Health

Costumes on Purim might teach us something about mental health. Do we wear many masks in life? How do we know which to wear? Must we wear them all?

By Gabriela LupatkinFor BaMidbar

2/28/2023 Top Pick   Edit  

This Purim, Support Jews Experiencing Food Insecurity

 By Yad Chessed

2/27/2023   Edit  

Five Purims Are Not Enough

Even though the Mishna outlines five potential dates on which you can celebrate Purim, there are actually six. Time to start checking those walls.

 By Dan Brosgol

3/28/2022   Edit  

Post Purim Reflections

In the Diaspora, Purim won’t find you unless you seek it out.

 By Ruth Kaplan

3/15/2022 Top Pick   Edit  

Bills Attacking LGBTQ Rights Are an Assault on Jewish Values & Teens

By Idit Klein & Is PerlmanFor Jewish Telegraphic Agency

3/11/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

Thoughts on Coronavirus and Purim

One of the themes of the Purim story is that fate can turn any moment and reality can feel upside down.

By Rabbi Marc BakerFor Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)

3/4/2020 Top Pick   Edit  

A Missing Moses, a Missing God, a Missing Spring

Be patient and use your senses.

By Joey GlickFor Hebrew College

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