Community members at Temple Adat Shalom in Poway are putting on a play to celebrate Purim. Each year the congregation creates and produces an original Purim Shpiel and Service with a humorous spin on ...

In Yiddish and English, a single word—play, or shpil—refers both to recreational enjoyment and to theatrical performance. These two senses of shpil capture the essence of Purim, a holiday governed by ...

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Two photos of young performers of a Purim shpiel (Purim play) in the shtetl of Apt (Opatow) appeared on Facebook this week. The actors look to be between 10 and 15 years old. The images were posted by ...