This year’s Purim celebration looked a little different. On Friday, Feb. 26, a Car-nival took place in the Brown University parking lot across from the Dwares Jewish Community Center. Decorated …
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3/4/21
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It’s always great to bake hamantaschen and share them with friends and family. But this isn’t a normal year, of course, and it may be harder to find the time to bake hamantaschen …
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SHANNON SARNA
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2/17/21
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Project Shoresh presents "Purim! Reach out and Share!" Would you like to send a mishloach manot to a friend, co-worker or relative? We would love to help you! We will provide a mishloach manot with yummy goodies along with information about the holiday.
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2/17/21
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Bringing new life to hamantaschen was a challenge. People are dead set on their favorite flavors like classic poppy seed and apricot. Of course, newer directions such as Nutella and rainbow funfetti are a big hit with the kids, but reinventing the grown-up hamantaschen into a decadent cookie you actually crave was very important to me. Then it hit me: alfajores!
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BY LEANNE SHOR
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2/28/20
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April is here, which means Pesach is close upon us.
In the midst of making out the long to-do lists and to-buy lists and getting everything ready for the sederim, my daughter Vivian …
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From the archives
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4/4/19
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LINCOLN – Purim is a deliciously sweet Jewish holiday, but its trademark cookie is a monster – and not only because it’s named for Haman, the unspeakable villain in the Purim story.
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CYNTHIA BENJAMIN
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3/12/19
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On March 8, the Rhode Island Coalition for Israel presented a program, “Such a Time As This,” to members of the Potters House Church, in Providence, as well as a half-dozen Jewish …
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4/19/18
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Purim in Rhode Island
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Lots of activities for Purim!
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3/15/17
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JTA – With costumes, spiels and lots of drinking, Purim is one of Judaism’s most raucous holidays. You might know about beautiful Esther thwarting evil Haman’s plans, the custom of …
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Julie Wiener
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3/2/17
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JTA – When I explain Purim to those less familiar with the holiday, I tell them it’s kind of like Jewish Halloween. Not so much because of the history and story behind each (Purim has no …
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Dana Marlowe
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3/2/17
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