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Purim is what happens when the original Wonder Woman, a cookie recipe, and a costume party collide. It’s a Jewish holiday ...

One of the most important customs of Purim, the Jewish holiday that begins at sundown Thursday and lasts through sundown Friday, is the giving of food. The practice, called mishloach manot in Hebrew, ...

This recipe is not just about coming up with a hamentaschen that is actually, you know, good. It’s about my nostalgia for the lemon hand pies I used to buy at the supermarket as a kid. They were junky ...

Around 400 BC, the Jewish people were facing destruction in ancient Shushan – until a queen named Esther intervened on their behalf. Now, more than 2,400 years later a celebration is still held in her ...

Hamantaschen are the triangular Purim pastries traditionally associated with the villain of the Book of Esther. The plot ...

Wedged between the drama of life and death, Purim is also a love story. It’s the saga of how a young woman met her husband, a man who initially seemed coarse and hard-boiled, but in the end arguably ...

SAN FRANCISCO , CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 28: Micah Siva, originally from Canada but now living in San Francisco, makes triangular, filled cookies called hamantaschen and dumplings called kreplach at her ...

Sprinkle flour on work surface and roll out dough 1⁄4 inch thick. Cut into circles with a round cookie cutter or small glass about 2 1⁄2 to 2 3⁄4 inches in diameter. Gather scraps, reroll them and cut ...