Purim
“Purim,” c. 1916-1917, by Marc Chagall (Image courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963, 1963-181-11 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris)
March 12, 2025, 4:44 pm
How to give and how to receive: The complexity of ‘mishloach manot’
Despite the mitzvah’s relatively modest baseline, many people exchange dozens of food gifts with family, friends and neighbors.
By Nechama Goldman Barash
(Image courtesy of Pixabay)
March 12, 2025, 11:48 am
Fake news (It’s Purim!)
Just kidding!
By Chronicle Staff
March 12, 2025, 9:48 am
Chronicle poll results: Favorite hamantaschen flavor
We asked our readers what their favorite hamantaschen flavor is. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
“Purim” by Arthur Szyk (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 7, 2025, 4:11 pm
A Purim primer
A barely-avoided genocide being celebrated with costumes and drunkenness and jokes is itself a kind of celebration of life
By Tim Miller
March 4, 2025, 1:43 pm
Chronicle poll question
What is your favorite hamantaschen flavor?
March 27, 2024, 12:50 pm
Chronicle poll results: Megillah reading
We asked our readers if they would be attending a Megillah reading. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
March 20, 2024, 3:02 pm
Chronicle poll question
Will you attend a Megillah reading for Purim this year?
“Purim,” c. 1916-1917, by Marc Chagall (Image courtesy of Philadelphia Museum of Art: The Louis E. Stern Collection, 1963, 1963-181-11 © Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / ADAGP, Paris)
March 20, 2024, 10:28 am
How do we celebrate Purim in a time of mourning?
This is what life is: a mixture of joy and sadness, of things we are grateful for and things we dread.
By David I. Bernstein
(Photo courtesy of Pexels)
March 18, 2024, 8:57 pm
Here’s to drinking on Purim — but not to excess
A person is obligated to drink on Purim until one no longer knows the difference between “cursed be Haman” and “blessed be Mordechai.”
By Uriel Marcovitz
Chicken sambusak (Photo by Jessica Grann)
March 18, 2024, 8:47 pm
A special dish for Purim: chicken sambusak
Beyond hamantaschen
By Jessica Grann
Katriel Camp, front right, joins classmates while volunteering on an Israeli farm. (Photo courtesy of Katriel Camp)
March 14, 2024, 6:08 pm
Pittsburgh teens in Israel prepare for Purim by volunteering
With people in Israel hurting, Purim is a perfect time to 'bring joy'
By Adam Reinherz
"Purim" by Arthur Szyk (Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
March 14, 2024, 1:30 pm
Host your own Purim film festival with these 5 films
Adaptations of the Book of Esther
By Jordan Palmer | St. Louis Jewish Light
March 7, 2023, 2:41 pm
Chronicle poll results: Purim
We asked our readers if they planned to attend a Megillah reading on Purim. Here's what they said.
By Toby Tabachnick
March 2, 2023, 10:22 am
Chronicle poll question
Are you planning to attend a Megillah reading on Purim?
(Image via Pixabay)
March 1, 2023, 3:55 pm
Fake news (It’s Purim!)
Just kidding!
By Chronicle Staff
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