Tag: Haman
What goes hand in hand with cherries? Chocolate!
HaAs a kid in my mother’s house, I’d use a drinking glass to cut out my rounds of dough for hamantaschen, those triangular Jewish cookies made for the holiday of Purim. Dipping the rim...
The secret life of Purim costumes
It was precisely 10 years ago that Sharon Abeles snapped her first picture of a kid in his Purim costume.
And she was hopelessly hooked. “I could feel I was catching him at a magical...
We recognize Haman. But where are Mordechai and Esther?
This week’s festival of Purim provided Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an irresistible analogy.
Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jews of ancient Persia by Mordechai and Esther—two Jews who thwarted the genocidal intentions of...
At Zionist hero’s memorial, Netanyahu invokes Purim to threaten Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a warning to the regime in Tehran ahead of Passover, the holiday that marks the Jewish people’s rescue from annihilation at the hands of Haman in...
Purim, Adar, celebration and happiness!
In the United States and worldwide, Purim begins on the evening of Monday, March 9, and continues through the day of Tuesday, March 10. (Shushan Purim, celebrated in walled cities like Jerusalem, starts a...