Purim is officially around the corner which means it’s time to break out your favorite costumes (who’s showing up as Gritty??), eat delicious hamentashen cookies and celebrate until dawn! We’ve created a guide of some of the best Philly Purim festivities and spots to grab those tasty treats. Know of any Philly Purim activities or foodie spots to add to our list? Email kayli@tribe12.org!
Week of Purim
Thursday, March 10th
• 8 PM: Hamentashen Bake-a-long with Tribe 12’s new Executive Director
Monday, March 14th
• 8 PM: Biblical Babes – Esther with At The Well
Tuesday, March 15th
• 5 PM: Hamentaschen Making with Moishe House Philadelphia
• 8 PM: A Celebration of Persian Jewish Music in Honor of Purim with The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History
Wednesday, March 16th
• 6 PM: Erev Purim Megillah Reading and Purim Shpiel with Congregation Rodeph Shalom
• 7 PM: Monte Carlo Purim Masquerade 2022 with The Chevra
• 8 PM: West Philadelphia Orchestra’s Purim Party
Thursday, March 17th
• 5:30 PM: Purim Block Party with BZBI and Mekor Habracha
• 6 PM: Philly Purim Festival 2022 with RSJ Moishe House Philly
Week after Purim
Sunday, March 20th
• 1:30 PM: Purim Car and Walking Parade & Mitzvah Food Program Drive with The Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia
Monday, March 21st
• 7 PM: Hamentaschen Monologues Discussion with Moishe House Philadelphia
Thursday, March 24th
• 7 PM: Jews and Brews – Purim with Moishe House Philadelphia and Jewish Grad Network
Anytime
• Host a Purim themed Shabbat dinner with OneTable
• See Marc Chagall’s “Purim” painting at the Philadelphia Art Museum
Hamentashen Fix
• Lil’ Yenta’s at Biedermans Grocery (starting March 9th), V Marks the Shop (starting March 14th) and with Hamentashen for Ukraine (weekend of March 12th)
• Essen Bakery with Hamentashen for Ukraine (March 5th – 20th)
• Lipkin’s Bakery
• Kaplan’s New Model Bakery
• Hymie’s Delicatessen
