Jewishing February 24, 2014
by Dan Wolf — Jews and Lobster? Purim and sketch comedy? The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco and Killing My Lobster? It sounds like a deliciously un-kosher combination and that’s... Read more
Jewishing February 23, 2013
by Dan Wolf — Purim is a time for noise makers (graggers), carnivals and getting so drunk you don’t know the difference between the good guy Mordechai and the bad buy Haman ... Read more
Jewishing February 25, 2014
by Dan Wolf — There is a subplot in the Purim story that finds two of the King’s men planning to murder him: In those days, while Mordechai sat at the king'... Read more
Jewishing February 25, 2014
by Dan Wolf — Vashti is often called the "Deposed Queen", brave and rebellious or prudish and foolish depending on your point of view. One this is for certain: "On the seventh day,... Read more
Jewishing February 25, 2014
by Dan Wolf — On Purim, it is custom that we send at least two ready-to-eat food items to a friend. This is called Mishloach Manot and is usually accomplished in the... Read more
Jewishing February 25, 2014
by Dan Wolf — Hamantaschen: a tri-angular cookie often filled with prune or poppy seeds. Named after the villain Haman (Boo!!!) from the Purim story, told in the Book of Esther. Some say its... Read more