In the Purim Megillah, Esther hides her Jewishness from the King. Even the name Esther means hidden. G-d is hidden in the Purim story. Sometimes your truest self is hidden, too.

But on Purim, “hiding” in costume gives you the freedom to let-it-all-hang-out and celebrate sometimes hidden aspects of who you are! What part of you do you want to party-up on Purim? Tell us your Jewish doppleganger to enter to win the Mamalah’s Purim Giveaway!

One lucky winner will receive the following gifts:

• Author Lisa Alcalay Klug’s book Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe
• ModernTribe’s “No Limit Texas Dreidel” game.
• Mama Doni’s music CD for kids and parents: I Love Purim. (www.MamaDoni.com)
• Noshes from PopJudaica.com: Jewish Fortune Cookies & Meshuga Nutz — great for mishloach manot, giving food to friends.

Comment to enter for a chance to win the Mamalah’s Purim Giveaway.

Who is your Jewish doppelganger? Which Jewish celebrity, historic figure, or bible character is your inspiration, your alter ego, your evil twin? Share your thoughts to enter to win!

TWITTER BONUS ROUND:

Receive an extra entry for every Tweet! Use http://tinyurl.com/jdoppel +  hashtag #mamalah

Winner will be notified Friday, February 26th.

• How we pick the winners — We use a random number generator and if it matches (a) a real attempt at an answer and (b) we can contact the person, then that person is the winner. If either (a) or (b) isn’t true, we generate another random number and start over.
• No purchase is required to enter. This contest is open to residents of the U.S. and Canada 18 years old and older. Void where prohibited. Your comments will be displayed without further approval or compensation. Please read our privacy policy for more information.

The conversation on Twitter turned to mischloach manot (aka Purim Baskets) today and we thought it would be fun to start a mishloach manot exchange with our Twitter friends! (Kind of like a chain mail letter)

Here’s how it works: Leave your Twitter handle in the comments section below by Midnight, Tuesday, March 3rd. PopJudaica.com will send mishloach manot to the first person who leaves their twitter handle in the comments section. Everyone else will send mishloach manot to the person whose handle is directly below them on the list. Be sure to follow the person on Twitter who appears above and below your handle, so that you can exchange addresses via DM. Please make sure that the mishloach manot that you send to your Twitter recipient is certified kosher.

Read more about the tradition of Mishloach Manot here.

You must have a Twitter account to participate in this exchange. Sign up for Twitter here.

Have fun!

So nu? What are your plans for Purim?
We can’t think of a more fun way to celebrate the holiday than the Broadway Purim Shpiel! This awesome event which benefits Taglit-Birthright Israel is in its 5th year of production. This year, the event is hosted by comedian Jackie Hoffman and stars the following Broadway notables:

Jordan Gelber, All My Sons
Mary Faber, Avenue Q
Lorin Lattaro, Guys & Dolls
Marc Kudish, 9 to 5
Logan Lipton, Wicked
Jared Gertner, 25th Annual Spelling Bee
Noah Wiesberg, South Pacific
Carly Jibson, Hairspray

Get 10% off your tickets to the show with the code “POPJ” when you order tickets.