Long Island Press

Megillah Readers Program marks 23 years of students chanting the ‘Gantze Megillah’ at North Shore Hebrew Academy

The North Shore Hebrew Academy conducted the annual Dr. Paul Brody Megillah Readers Program where students chanted the “Gantze Megillah,” or the Scroll of Esther, for the 23rd year. This included ...
Long Island Press

Twenty Two Years Of Students Chanting The ‘Gantze Megilla’ At North Shore Hebrew Academy

Twenty-eight Middle School students of Great Neck’s North Shore Hebrew Academy (NSHA) – both Ashkenazic and Sephardic – joined together, on Purim Day, to chant the “Gantze Megillah,” (Scroll of Esther ...
The Times of Israel on MSN

The Megillah as a Rorschach test

This year, Megillat Esther is a Rorschach test for Jews around the globe. We are going through different experiences, but ...
The Jewish Exponent

In Orthodox Communities Where Women Don’t Read Torah, Purim Offers a Rare Opportunity

When Alyza Lewin became a bat mitzvah in 1977, the fact that she had a ritual ceremony at all was still relatively revolutionary in Orthodox circles. But she took the rite of passage a step further, ...