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    Items with the category:

    Purim

    Cover of God and Politics in Esther
    Non­fic­tion
    God and Pol­i­tics in Esther
    Yoram Hazony
    Cover of The Purim Story
    Chil­dren’s
    The Purim Story
    Sarah Mazor; Marscheila Christyani, illus.
    Cover of Purim Guess Who?: A Lift-the-Flap Book
    Chil­dren’s
    Purim Guess Who?: A Lift-the-Flap Book
    Ariella Stern; Patti Argoff , illus.
    Cover of The Purim Superhero
    Chil­dren’s
    The Purim Superhero
    Elis­a­beth Kushner
    Cover of Feed­ing Women of the Bible, Feed­ing Ourselves
    Cook­book
    Feed­ing Women of the Bible, Feed­ing Ourselves
    Kenden Alfond
    Cover of Barnyard Purim
    Chil­dren’s
    Barn­yard Purim
    Kelly Terwilliger; Barbara Johansen Newman, illus.
    Cover of The Purim Costume
    Chil­dren’s
    The Purim Costume
    Peninnah Schram; Tammy L. Keiser, illus.
    Cover of It's Purim Time!
    Chil­dren’s
    It’s Purim Time!
    Latifah Berry Kropf; Tod Cohen, photog.
    Cover of Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence
    Non­fic­tion
    Reck­less Rites: Purim and the Lega­cy of Jew­ish Violence
    Elliot Horowitz
    Cover of Days of Deliverance: Essays on Purim and Hanukkah
    Non­fic­tion
    Days of Deliv­er­ance: Essays on Purim and Hanukkah
    Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik
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    Purim Picks

    Post­ed by Nao­mi Firestone-TeeterPre­pare for Purim with a few good reads:Megillat EstherThe Ban­quet of Esther RosenbaumThe Sto­ry of Esther: A Purim…
    Nao­mi Firestone-Teeter
    March 2, 2012
    Cover of Celebrating the Jewish Year: Winter Holidays -- Hanukkah, Tu B'Shevat, Purim
    Non­fic­tion
    Cel­e­brat­ing the Jew­ish Year: Win­ter Hol­i­days — Hanukkah, Tu B’She­vat, Purim
    Paul Steinberg; Janet Greenstein Potter, ed.
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    The Sto­ry of Queen Esther
    Jenny Koralek; Grizelda Holderness, illus.
    Cover of When It's Purim
    Chil­dren’s
    When It’s Purim
    Edie Stoltz Zokolower; Barb Björnson, illus.
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    Chil­dren’s
    Purim Good­ies
    Amalia Hoffman, author and illustrator
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    Megillat Esther
    JT Wald­man
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