Featured Article: Harry Potter & the Jews by Rabbi Israel Rubin
Your Purim Holiday Guide This article will tell you all about Purim - its history, mitzvot, customs, prayers, and more.   To Bake or Buy: That is the Question by Miriam Karp Inspired by her Bubby, the author solves the bake-or-buy question about hamantashen. The Jig Saw Puzzle by Sara Levinsky Rigler Living in fear, a Jerusalem resident tells how she soothes her nerves.   Reading the Megillah Backwards Adapted from the teachings of great Chassidic masters, this article offers a deeper spiritual dimension to reading the Megillah.   What's a Bostonian Karate Champ Doing Here? Meet Sarah Rivkah Ernstoff - a Jewish mother and a five time USAAU National Karate Champion.   No Trick or Treating Here by G. Solomon Story about author's first taste of Purim in Israel.   You Won the Lottery by Rabbi Yisroel Rice Purim, Jewish philosophy, and winning the lottery.   A Day to Remember by Steve Hyatt This is a touching story of a reunion between the author and his long-lost sister - and the power of Shema. Abi Gezunt - To Your Health! by Chaim Raphael Kof-K, an organization that provides kosher supervision, explains how "natural" doesn't mean kosher.
						Really Good Purim A Chasidic story about the Koznitzer Maggid and how Pinchas the Shlepper's life turned around one Purim.   Home-Made Hamantashen by Marcy Goldman Here are some great tips on baking hamantashen. Includes three delicious recipes that your family will surely love! Kabbalah 101 by Rabbi Zalman Posner This article discusses the three basic sefirot of Kabbalah.   Going Beyond the Book by Rita Herman Use literature to build Jewish values in your children! Includes book review of A Very Special Gift, for children ages 3-6.   How Time Flies We are now in an era of global communication - and a time of Mashiach. A Widow Speaks by Cecilia Sacharow Here are some firsthand tips on how family and friends can help a brokenhearted widow keep going. Tempest in a Teapot by T. Teppler All about tea - its history, where it grows, kosher tea, and more.   The Ties that Bind by Shaun Zeitlin Inspiring story about the effect of one's mitzvot.   The Great Russian Revolution by Alter Shulman Great celebration when the old "Golden Rose" synagogue in Dniepropetrovsk, Russia was renovated and reopened this year. Article includes photographs and short history what happened to the Jewish synagogues. The Smallest Things Cause the Biggest Problems by Vera Klein Fresh fruit and vegetables are kosher, right? Find out how to prepare them in the kosher way. For the previous year's Purim index, click here>>>