An assortment of Breads Bakery hamantaschen, with the poppy-seed version at the top. And we have the recipe. New York’s is known for its beautiful babka and stunning seed-studded challahs, which are available year round. Its equally exceptional hamantaschen, however, are only available at Purim. Happily, the bakery just shared its coveted recipe with us,…
Editor’s Note: Tim Duggan Books is running a giveaway contest for Sisterhood readers. Click here to enter to win a hamsa-shaped metal charm and a galley of the book. When I first began writing my new novel, I wanted to do three things. 1) Give the Khazars — a tribe of Turkic warrior Jews who…
A crisp, savory take on the traditional triangular treat, these hamantaschen are filled with veggie crumbles and topped with salsa and creamy nacho sauce. My first kitchen memories are of baking hamantaschen with my sisters. All nine of us would gather around the table and cut out circles of pastry dough, stuff them with jam…
Purim is this week! We hope you have your costumes picked out, are getting ready to bake some hamantaschen and flexing your hands in preparation for all that vigorous grogger shaking. If you need a refresher on the story of Purim and only have, say, 30 seconds, we’ve got you covered. Here’s the story of…
Some 19th-century groggers are constructed to allow users to hang Haman over and over again
Some time ago, I came across the Twitter feed of a prominent American Jewish writer in which I noticed several disparaging remarks about ultra-Orthodox Jews, with liberal use of words like “parasites,” “psycho Haredim” and other choice denigrations. Whoa, I thought, that’s a bit harsh, and I tweeted at the writer, saying so. Another writer,…
Biblical ethnobotanist Jon Greenberg (above) says that beer and wine both have a very significant background in Jewish tradition. It may not have quite the same drama as the crisis Queen Esther faced centuries ago, but for many of us, Purim raises a major conflict. Call it the battle of the booze. On the festival…
Purim is around the corner, so as you’re washing down those hamentashen with a libation, or two, or three, stop a moment to send a card to a loved one, letting them know just how hard you plan on partying and your expected level of inebriation. We at the Forward created the perfect Someecards to…
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