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Purim

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2012

    Celebrate Purim with Hamantaschen from Prime Butcher Baker

    Purim's a week away, but why not get the party started early with some hamantaschen, the tasty triangular-shaped cookies said to resemble evil Haman's three-cornered hat? The recently opened Prime Butcher Baker (1572 Second Avenue, 212-616-1502), a kosher market from the team that also owns Prime ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2011

    A Look At Pop Around The Globe, From Operatic Creole Harmonies To Riot-Grrl-Inspired French Rappers

    The end of the year brings a flurry of world music albums with commercial intentions ranging from the archival to the optimistically opportunistic. Some, like the Creole Choir of Cuba's Tande-La or Vlada Tomova's Balkan Tales, accompany tours by the outfits that made them; others are heavily branded ... More >>

  • Film

    July 6, 2011

    Ghetto Bards: Romeo & Juliet in Yiddish and Sholem Aleichem

    The end of the year brings a flurry of world music albums with commercial intentions ranging from the archival to the optimistically opportunistic. Some, like the Creole Choir of Cuba's Tande-La or Vlada Tomova's Balkan Tales, accompany tours by the outfits that made them; others are heavily branded ... More >>

  • News

    June 8, 2011

    Two Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    Solange Lambert and Cosmo Salerno can't wait to take their love outside the walls of an adult home on Coney Island. But for now, they have to wait.

  • Blogs

    April 18, 2011

    If You Can't Eat Leavened Goods, You Might as Well Eat the Best Matzos: A Taste Test

    Lauren ShockeyWWJE? (What Would Jesus Eat?)​Ah, Passover. When it comes to Jewish holidays, this one isn't as culinarily exciting as say, Purim (which involves getting drunkie drunk and eating hamentaschen), or Hanukkah (one word: latkes). However, food plays an important part of the ritual ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    Fat Pants Friday: Russ & Daughters' Hamantaschen

    Rebecca Marx​ Purim, that most Mardi Gras of Jewish holidays, starts tomorrow. The two-day festival commemorates the deliverance of the Jews of the ancient Persian Empire from a plot to destroy them. In Israel, people wear costumes and masks, hold raucous parades, drink great quantities of alc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 18, 2011

    The Week in Food Blogs: NYC Alternatives to Popular Fast-Food Chains; the Best Hamantaschen for Purim

    This week in food blogs ... Eater named 10 NYC alternatives to America's favorite chain restaurants. Um, we'll take Shopsin's over Jack in the Box any day. Grub Street pondered why we're such gluttons for punishment at crowded, wildly popular restaurants. Diner's Journal offered advice on how to ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 23, 2010

    PARTY LIKE A PERSIAN

    Cast your lot with any of these Purim celebrations

  • Voice Choices

    February 11, 2009

    STRINGS ATTACHED

    A puppet play just in time for Purim

  • Music

    December 25, 2007

    2007 Jazz Poll Ballots: P-Z

    New releases, reissues, debuts, and more—each critic's picks

  • Music

    July 10, 2007

    King Britt Presents The Cosmic Lounge, Vol. 1

    A stellar compendium of interstellar jazz oddities

  • Columns

    November 7, 2006

    NY Mirror

    A stellar compendium of interstellar jazz oddities

  • Film

    November 7, 2006

    L.A. Story

    Hooray for Christopher Guest's Hollywood, where Purim gets Oscar buzz and Charlie Rose his due

  • Columns

    September 12, 2006

    Al Franken vs. Bill O'Reilly

    Hooray for Christopher Guest's Hollywood, where Purim gets Oscar buzz and Charlie Rose his due

  • Music

    December 13, 2005

    Get Down, Moses

    Upstart local Jewish musicians weave a coat of many colors

  • NYC Life

    June 1, 2004

    Close-Up on Cobble Hill

    Upstart local Jewish musicians weave a coat of many colors

  • NYC Life

    January 6, 2004

    Close-Up on Borough Park

    Upstart local Jewish musicians weave a coat of many colors

  • NYC Life

    April 29, 2003

    Zog's Bog

    Home and Office in Less Than 70 Square Feet

  • News

    January 28, 2003

    Grading the Speaker

    Miller's Council Gets 'A' for Courage, Mixed Results on Budget and Bills

  • Dance

    March 5, 2002

    Purim, Party

    Miller's Council Gets 'A' for Courage, Mixed Results on Budget and Bills

  • Columns

    January 29, 2002

    Horoscope

    Miller's Council Gets 'A' for Courage, Mixed Results on Budget and Bills

  • Specials

    March 21, 2000

    Letters

    Miller's Council Gets 'A' for Courage, Mixed Results on Budget and Bills

  • News

    March 14, 2000

    Hynes and His ‘Haman’

    Orthodox Jews, Angered Over Recent Cases, Up in Arms Against Brooklyn D.A.

  • Music

    June 1, 1999

    Sweating Pheromones

    Orthodox Jews, Angered Over Recent Cases, Up in Arms Against Brooklyn D.A.

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