Topic Tags: Purim

Our offering: // cakes baked in the shape of her womb. // Poppy seeds populate the holy center, // gifts of gratitude to the goddess of fertility; // this, our devotional expression— // cakes for the Queen of Heaven.

“Teach us always to choose life, to pursue justice, / and to rise above vengeance.”

A person poem told from Vashti’s perspective

“And every year we lift our voice To celebrate, to laugh, and to rejoice!”

A special toast written for Purim 2024.

Karen Webber delivers a micro version of ‘the whole megillah’ in her performance piece.

“Masks help us imagine / it’s history and only our story…”

An original midrash in word and art from Vashti’s perspective.

A teaching about how G-d/Shekhinah is present in the Purim story through Her human partners, Queens Vashti and Esther.