Your DC Purim Guide: 2020!

DC knows how to party like its 357 BCE. So get ready, because the best in DC-area Purim parties, hamantaschen recipes, and Shusan inspired gatherings are about to take the city by storm. See a full list below. And if there’s an event missing, submit it here.

However you celebrate, we wish you a chag Purim sameach – a happy and joyous Purim!

Wednesday, February 26th

• 7:30pm: Esther, the #MeToo Movement, and the Rise of Antisemitism
• 2:00pm: Hungry for Hamentaschen (& Mishloach Manot) w/ Moishe House NoVA

Wednesday, March 4th

• 7:00pm: A Purim Pairing: Israeli Wine Tasting & Girl Scout Cookie Insipred Hamataschen Making with EntryPointDC
• 7:00pm: MoHo Columbia Heights: Hamentashen Making

Thursday, March 5th

• 6:30pm: MoHo NOVA Presents: Hamentashen Baking

Saturday, March 7th

• 5:00pm: Queens, Crowns, and Masks: A Night of Purim and @Modern_Ritual
• 7:00pm: GLOE in the Dark: A Purim Masquerade

Sunday, March 8th

• 11:00am: MoHo NOVA Presents: Brunch & Mishloach Manot Making
• 4:30pm: PAWrim PArty
• 3:00pm: Hamantashen Baking at Moishe House Bethesda
• 7:00pm: SVIVAH’s HerTorah Gathering with Rabba Yaffa Epstein

Monday, March 9th

• 6:00pm: Purim at Adas – The Storm
• 7:00pm: The Roaring 2020s: A Purim Celebration
• 7:30pm: DC Minyan Purim Party – A Roaring Good Time
• 7:30pm: The Great Washington DC Purim Party!
• 7:30pm: Kesher Young Professional Megillah Reading
• 8:00pm: New Synagogue Project Purim Party: Such A Time As This
• 8:30pm: Shushan at Stoney’s

Tuesday, March 10th

• 11:30am: The Great Gather Hamantaschen Bake-Off
• 6:00p: GatherDC’s March Happy Hour – Purim Edition!

Where to Get Hamantaschen

• Baked by Yael (Cleveland Park, DC)
• Bread Furst (Van Ness, DC)
• Call Your Mother Deli (Columbia Heights, DC)
• Heidelberg Pastry Shop (Arlington, VA)
• Kosher Pastry Oven (Silver Spring, MD)
• Parkway Deli (Silver Spring, MD)
• Sunflower Bakery (Rockville, MD)
• Wagshal’s Market (Tenleytown, DC)

Purim Inspiration

• A Poem for Purim by Michele Amira, GatherDC
• A Sober Peron’s Guide to Jewish Holidays by Margot Skinner, Hey Alma
• Celebrate Purim, No Hangover Guaranteed by Stacy Miller, GatherDC
• How to Make the Best Hamataschen by Shannon Sarna for The Nosher
• How and Why Do We Party on Purim? by Rabbi Ilana Zietman, GatherDC
• Purim: Choose Your Own Adventure by Merav Levkowitz for Jewish Food Experience
• The One Trick You Need for the Perfect Hamantaschen by Shannon Sarna for The Nosher
• Your Purim Playlist by Michele Amira, GatherDC

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