Tag Archives : Jewish holiday

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Nanny’s hamentashen

This entry was posted in food and tagged baking cutoms food hamentashen Jewish holiday Purim tradition on March 13, 2014 by Marla Cohen.

  This is my grandmother’s recipe and my mother taught me how to make them. Sometimes my uncle would come assist. Now my daughter and a friend’s daughter help me. These are plain, simple and simply the best hamentashen ever, because they evoke childhood, family and Jewish life in the best possible way. They may […]

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What’s in a name

This entry was posted in Essays and tagged costumes Hebrew name identity Jewish holiday Purim on February 26, 2010 by Marla Cohen.

It should come as no surprise that I’d be into Purim in a big way. After all, my parents, having blessed me at birth with the fusty name of Marla Estelle, also bestowed upon me the incredibly unoriginal Hebrew moniker, Malka Esther. Yes, as in Queen Esther, heroine of the Purim story. So let’s just […]

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