In 2025, the festival of Purim will take place from the evening of March 13 until the evening of March 14. These curated Purim resources can be adapted for your school's needs. Purim Sameach!
- The Purim page on the National Library of Israel includes hand-drawn scrolls, songs, photos, and a video of books and manuscripts in disguise.
- The iCenter features the work of Israeli musician Aya-Zahavi-Feiglin and its relationship to Purim themes.
- Among this year's resources from the Jewish Education Project are Unmasking Mental Health: A Purim Art Activity, Purim Experiences through the Lens of Multiple Intelligences, and The Deal with the Spiel, Creating LGBTQ Inclusive Purim Programming.
- Purim Puzzle / Escape Room, and teacher version, by Stephen Berger, Head of Judaic Studies, King David High School, Vancouver.
- Sefaria's Purim texts and Joy and Generosity: Giving on Purim.
- The Megillah Project presents 30 videos interpreting the Megillah.
- Purim-related articles on MyJewishLearning include "Are Esther and Mordechai Buried in this Iranian Tomb?"
- 5 Fun Purim Projects from the JEP.
- Pardes offers a Purim Holiday Companion 5785.
- The Lookstein Center features Purim resources include lesson plans such as "Interviews with Characters from the Megillah," videos and Purim skits.
- Here’s a brief, fascinating history of the Purim shpiel, “the only genuine folk theater that has survived a thousand years of European culture, and in our day has morphed and flourished.”
- Dozens of video shpiels can be found on YouTube.
- Adar family activities and print outs from Beit Keren Tali.
- A new ritual for Purim is the Esther/Vashti flag.
- Looking for mishloach manot ideas? Here’s food for inspiration on from MyJewishLearning and eye candy on Pinterest.
- There are multiple sources and explanations for the popular custom of dressing up in costume on Purim. People look to Google searches to find trends in Purim costumes.
- Purim podcasts (Hadar), and three Purim games.
- "Why Read the Megillah Twice?" (Chabad.org)
- Using Multiple Intelligence to Teach Megillat Esther
- Jteach Purim actitvities and resources
- Mental Health and Purim from the Blue Dove Foundation
- Bubbe and the Rabbi's Wife: A Lesson in Laughter Video
For High Schools: Discussion about Drinking
- Purim and Drinking, by Debbie Ackerman PhD
- A Time for Spiritual Sobriety, The Rav on Purim by Dr. Moshe Sokolow, Azrieli Graduate School of Jewish Education and Administration