Whether you are looking for videos, crafts, explanations, or more, jkidphilly is your one-stop-shop for all things Purim.
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stay for the endless array of ways to celebrate with your jkids!
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“Venture Into Purim: a jkidphilly Holiday Toolkit”
includes information, activities, resources, and links to more information, all to be used to create an exciting, engaging, and educational Purim for your family and/or classroom.
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Venture into Purim: a jkidphilly Holiday Toolkit
Clickable Table of Contents:
Info: Fast Facts
Info: The Purim Story
Info: Purim Around the World
Activity: Paper Dolls
Keep Learning: Ometz Lev
Activity: Create a Superhero
Info: Purim Food Around the World
Keep Learning: Mishloach Manot
Make a Mishloach Manot Basket
Info: Purim Spiels
More Resources
Paper Doll Templates:
Doll
Esther
Haman
King
Mordechai
Vashti
Looking for more ways to celebrate? Here are some ideas from Jewish Learning Venture staff!
char loves to listen to — and chant! — the megillah.
Julia still work her shul’s Purim carnival, but misses when her kids would be there, too.
Rhona’s family loves distributing mishloach manot (gifts that include at least two different kinds of food and/or drink) to neighbors.
For the last several years, Robin has taken part in her synagogue’s Purim spiel — this year she’s playing the King and singing a Taylor Swift song!
Robyn’s family loves to give mishloach manot to friends and go to their synagogue to hear the Megillah and have a Purim celebration!
Or try out some of our favorite hamantaschen flavors!
- Apricot, raspberry, and poppyseed (Ashley W)
- “Chocolate,” aka pumpkin filling with cocoa and chocolate chips mixed in (Rhona)
- Chocolate chip hamantaschen filled with Nutella, raspberry jam or cherry jam (Bari)
- Dark chocolate and mixed berries (Alyse)
- Homemade jam, chocolate cashew butter, or whatever we have on hand (Sarah)
- M&Ms (Robyn)
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