Treasure Trove explores how the story of Esther inspired a Dutch artist—to provide you with inspiration for Purim
Maspero Freres was a Cairo-based subsidiary of British American Tobacco Company with a cigarette factory in Tel Aviv. In 1940, it included Jewish History trading cards in cigarette packages sold in Palestine. The series began with a card depicting Ur Kasdim, the birthplace of Abraham, and ended with a photograph of David Ben-Gurion, Chaim Weizmann and Moshe […]
Watch The CJN’s live Purim comedy show with Laura Leibow, Rachel Manson and Natalie Norman
Three of Canada’s funniest Jewish female comics dish on what it takes to make it in the industry.
Who is the fairest in the land? A look back at Montreal’s Queen Esther beauty contests
Jewish communities across Canada will come together this week to celebrate Purim by hearing Megillat Esther and participating in various festivities. Perhaps some will opt for costume contests; others carnivals and Purim shpiels. Yet, if we were to flip the calendar back almost a century, the flagship event of Canadian Jewry’s Purim celebrations looked a […]
The consolation of Queen Esther
Erol Araf writes about the lesser known history of Lady Jane Grey.
Beth Sholom leader diagnosed with the coronavirus
A lay leader at Toronto’s Beth Sholom Synagogue has tested positive for the new coronavirus (COVID-19).
New kosher product features meat-based ‘vegetables’: Purim feature
In this special Purim ‘fake news’ feature, Alex Rose imagines a world with a product called ‘Beyond Vegetables’.
Weinfeld: A White House Purim party
In this special Purim column, David Weinfeld crafts an imaginary Purim party at the White House.
Loafing around at Purim
Just in time for Purim, Randy Fingrut gives you two delicious loaf cake recipes.
The communal blight of get-refusal
Just because you can’t see the abuse, doesn’t mean it isn’t there.
Purim humour: It’s time for us to humanize the other side
In Jewish schools across the world, students learn about the glorious history of the Jewish People, how we have suffered through tragedy after tragedy, oppression after oppression, and yet have always come out on the other side intact, and that much stronger and wiser. For almost all of the past 2,000 years, we were a […]
