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A Basket of Purim Goodies: Stories about the Holiday for Young Readers and Families

Michal Hoschander Malen

March 3, 2023

Cover of The Purim Panic

The Purim Panic

Laura Gehl; Olga Ivanov and Aleksey Ivanov, illus.

Cover of Duct Tape Purim

Duct Tape Purim

Jill Collela Bloomfield

Cover of Meet the Hamantaschen

Meet the Hamantaschen

Alan Silberberg

Cover of A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

A Queen to the Rescue: The Story of Henrietta Szold, Founder of Hadassah

Nancy Churnin, Yevgenia Nayberg (Illustrator)

Cover of The Seventh Handmaiden

The Seventh Handmaiden

Cover of Esther's Magical Mystery Torah

Esther’s Magical Mystery Torah

Rabbi Jonathan Leener, Jessica Tamar Deutsch (illus.)

Essay

Celebrating Purim in a Slave Society

Aviva Ben-Ur

February 26, 2021

Cover of Queen Vashti’s Comfy Pants

Queen Vashti’s Comfy Pants

Leah Rachel Berkowitz, Ruth Bennett (illus.)

Cover of Esther Didn’t Dream of Being Queen

Esther Didn’t Dream of Being Queen

Allison Ofanansky, Valentina Belloni (illus.)

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Excerpt: Esther in America

Stu Halpern

February 22, 2021

Cover of Esther in America

Esther in America

Rabbi Dr. Stuart Halpern (editor)

Excerpt

Excerpt: Eat Something

Rachel Levin

February 18, 2021

Poetry

Esther’s Angels

Wendy Dickstein

August 24, 2020

Essay

‘The Obvious Heroine’: Anna Solomon on the Book of Esther

Anna Solomon

May 4, 2020

Cover of The Book of V.