-This year, it’s a “triple Purim�; here’s why. (Chabad)
-Lynne Avadenka brings together Esther and Sheherezade. (The Jewish Week)
-Purim’s “gifts to the poor” are to provide more than mere sustenance. (Haaretz)
-The Book of Esther is being invoked to call for retaliation for the recent Jerusalem murders. (Haaretz)
-Congregation Or Hadash has commissioned Rabbi Kevin Hale (the first ordained Reconstructionist sofer) to create “the first truly Reconstructionist megillahâ€? — it incorporates drawings by students in its religious school. (Forward)
