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    Purim

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    Not for all the Haman­taschen in Town
    Laura Aron Milhander; Inna Chernyak, illus.
    Essay

    What Does Purim Mean to My Autis­tic Son?

    Liane Kupfer­berg Carter is the author of Ketchup Is My Favorite Veg­etable: A Fam­i­ly Grows Up With Autism. This week she begins an exclu­sive series on cel­e­brat­ing the…
    Liane Kupfer­berg Carter
    March 21, 2016
    Essay

    Mak­ing Sense of Esther: Beyond Beauty

    Rebec­ca Kan­ner​’s sec­ond nov­el, Esther, is an adap­ta­tion of the sto­ry of the Megillah. With Purim on the hori­zon, Rebec­ca will be blog­ging here all week as part of the…
    Rebec­ca Kanner
    March 21, 2016
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    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
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    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
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    Barn­yard Purim
    Kelly Terwilliger; Barbara Johansen Newman, illus.
    Cover of The Purim Costume
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    The Purim Costume
    Peninnah Schram; Tammy L. Keiser, illus.
    Cover of It's Purim Time!
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    It’s Purim Time!
    Latifah Berry Kropf; Tod Cohen, photog.
    Cover of Reckless Rites: Purim and the Legacy of Jewish Violence
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    Reck­less Rites: Purim and the Lega­cy of Jew­ish Violence
    Elliot Horowitz
    Cover of Days of Deliverance: Essays on Purim and Hanukkah
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    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
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    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.
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