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Category: Purim Reflections
The Power of Intentional Revelation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Yu2a34PttAOriginally given as a senior sermon at JTS. I was six years old when I went thrift shopping for the perfect red button-up sweater to play ...
Anina Dassa
March 24, 2025
Holidays
JTS Senior Sermon
Purim’s Purpose: Get Goofy
The beautiful thing about Purim is that it allows us to take a step back, get silly, and not take ourselves too seriously.
Rabbi Alex Hamilton
March 7, 2025
Holidays
Observing Purim
Purim and Women’s Leadership: The Mantle of Esther
Esther is a reminder that women have and will continue to step up to leadership, even when the stakes were high and the task difficult.
Rabbi Ashira Konigsburg
March 6, 2025
Holidays
Purim
Purim and Brave Women
USY March Update: Purim has a powerful message for us with Esther's bravery and her willingness to risk it all for her people.
Lorelai Lindon
March 6, 2025
Purim
Purim Reflections
Purim Rulings: Mythical, Magical, and Mitzvot
Silly halakhah questions answered! What do vampires eat? Can you deliver mishloah manot by Uber? Can you use your child as a grogger?
Exploring Judaism
March 4, 2025
Holidays
Humor
Unmasking a Queer Ancestor: Mordecai
Mordecai, Purim, and queerness come to invite all of us, queer or not, to work towards and reap the rewards of a free world.
Alex Friedman
February 13, 2025
Esther
Holidays
What Can the “Push/Pull” of Purim Teach Us About Antisemitism
What can the "push/pull" of Purim teach us about antisemitism? Esther teaches us a strategy that could help us find new ways to antisemitism.
David Harrison
April 5, 2024
Holidays
Purim
Descendants of Kings and Scholars: Leading the Revolution
Descendants of leaders steer revolutions, seen through Moshe and Mordechai. What motivates the privileged who become social justice warriors?
Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks
March 14, 2024
Holidays
Purim
Why I Love Hamentaschen
Making hamentaschen has been a powerful tradition for me throughout my entire life and brings me tremendous joy.
Elana Neshkes
March 5, 2023
Holidays
Purim
Purim: Embracing the Unconventional
Purim celebrates unexpected heroes as role models. Those heroes, Esther and Mordechai encourage us to be our full selves.
Rabbi Dr. J.B. Sacks
March 5, 2023
Holidays
Purim
