Word: purim
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...TIFF is so routinely described as the launching pad for awards season that it's only apt that For Your Consideration is premiering here. It relates the making of a small, indie film - Home for Purim, about a Southern Jewish family - that some showbiz blogger unaccountably tips as an Oscar contender. In a trice, the non-starry cast (impersonated by Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Parker Posey and Christopher Moynihan) gets dreaming of statuettes - an addiction that infects the film's director, sitcom veteran Jay Berman (Guest, funny) and the studio boss (Ricky Gervais) who now thinks the film could...
Life has gone on as normal in Israel, with few exceptions. A country used to dealing with difficult security situations, Israel cannot let the possibility of a few SCUD missiles get in the way of a good time. America began military action against Iraq in the midst of Purim, a holiday that commemorates the Jewish people’s unlikely survival against an evil Persian ruler’s plans of genocide. The holiday is celebrated by dressing up in costumes, gift-giving and parties. As bombs began to rock Baghdad, the celebrations continued on as planned, the streets were...
...group sponsors prominent campus events several time a year—including a party for the Jewish holiday of Purim, and a menorah lighting on the steps of Widener Library at Hanukkah...
...famished chocolate lover. Large packages of neatly rolled rugalach ($5.99) are as promising as the babka. For those who have fallen in love with the hamantaschen filling, The Butcherie sells small containers of apricot, prune and apple jam, as well as the poppy seed, sold by weight. Signs for Purim foods were plastered everywhere, above hamantaschen, Israeli chocolate bars and gum drops. “At my house, we give friends and family sweets for the holiday,” explained my companion Barbara Magid. Purim went beyond hamantaschen to incorporate a variety of sweets, thereby becoming a true culinary...
...Jewish scriptures mention that one must drink on Purim until he can no longer tell the difference between the evil Haman and the blessed Mordechai. Devouring Haman’s ears, in all shapes and sizes, and stuffing our mouths with borekas and babka is only the beginning of the ensuing feast...