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Paczki Day brings Chicagoans together for one last indulgence before Lent

February 25, 2020

CHICAGO (RNS) — By 7 a.m. Tuesday (Feb. 25), 17 people stood in line at Kolatek’s Bakery, wrapping around the produce section of the store, ready to buy the fried dough stuffed with a myriad of jams and custards. A signal that Lent is a day away — and today is one last chance to feast.

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Pancakes, Fat Tuesday and cheering for the losing team

by Kate Bowler

March 5, 2019

(RNS) — In a world that prizes self-affirmation, confidence and pride, Ash Wednesday comes as a slap in the face, a bracing cold shower of reality. Inescapably, we are told of our lingering weaknesses, faults and helplessness.

Jews worry about Purim's endorsement of alcohol

by Tracy Gordon

March 6, 2012

(RNS) Too many times, Rabbi Tzvi Hersh Weinreb has seen the high cost of Purim's darker side, the "ugly and despicable behavior" of young yeshiva students who drink to excess on a day that is equal parts Halloween and Fat Tuesday. By Meredith A. Bennett-Smith.

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Paczki Day brings Chicagoans together for one last indulgence before Lent

Pancakes, Fat Tuesday and cheering for the losing team

Jews worry about Purim's endorsement of alcohol

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