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Jewish Ledger CELEBRATING PURIM! This year, Purim begins on Thursday evening, Feb. 25, and ends the evening of Feb. 26. Looking for some Purim fun? Check out one of the following events, all held virtually…and all guaranteed to get you in the Purim spirit. For a reading of Megilat Esther (virtual or otherwise), contact your local synagogue.  THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 25 Purim Glow Party! Purim Glow Party, a drive-in family celebration featuring LED and fire show, outdoor Megillah reading will be held on Feb. 25 at 160 Mohegan Drive in West Hartford. Hosted by Chabad of Grea...

MEGILLAH Stay In Your House, Click Your Mouse … Virtual Festival Will Have It All, Including Dr. Seuss in Yiddish, from February 25-28, 2021 SOUTH FLORIDA – The holiday of Purim has often been called “the Jewish Carnavale,” with the joys of song, laughter and drama folded into one, like tangy, fruit-filled hamantashen. That’s just the recipe for a Yiddishe Taam that the Yiddishkayt Initiative (“YI Love Jewish”) will be serving up at its first annual International VIRTUAL YI Love Yiddishfest – Purim Edition, scheduled on-line from February 25-28. Virtual visitors of all ages ...

Jewish Contributions to Humanity #9: Original research by Walter L. Field. Sponsored by Irwin S. Field. Isaac Bashevis Singer (1902-1991). b. Leoncin,

In his 1978 acceptance speech for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer employed memories from his earliest years as a source of hope for coping with the troubles of modern times: “In our home and in many other homes the eternal questions were more actual than the latest news in the Yiddish newspaper,” he said. “In spite of all the disenchantments and all my skepticism I believe that the nations can learn much from those Jews, their way of thinking, their way of bringing up children, their finding happiness where others see nothing but misery and humiliation.” As a teen...