The essence of Purim was never the Diaspora. It was always Jerusalem - opinion
The events in Shushan were never merely about the Jews of Persia. Just a few years before Esther’s miraculous rise, we had ...
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For Jews, the age-old threat of Purim is not even the past
On Purim, Jews celebrate a long-ago victory over hatred, but it's worth praying too for the frustration of some modern ...
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The Miracle of Purim: Human Heroes and Hybrid Identities
According to the Sages, it was Esther who asked the Jewish community to write the Megillah, so that they would remember her: ...
The Forward2d
Who was the audience for the rhyming Purim play?
But Kats frames his rhymes with a prologue and an epilogue set at a postwar Purim feast, where the family’s connection to the deep Jewish past is underscored by the names of the grandchildren ...
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BP Richards joins Jewish leaders for Purim hamantaschen crawl through Queens
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. joined local Jewish leaders to celebrate the holiday of Purim with a unique ...
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Drawing Inspiration–and a Name–from the Purim Story
Instead of giving my 13-year-old daughter a generational Hebrew name, a few years ago, while attending Hebrew School at ...
Purim: Asking without logic
On Purim, let us rise above logic. Let us stand before our father in heaven and cry out, “My God, my God, why have You ...
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How well do you know Purim? Test your knowledge with this diabolical quiz
We’d be the first to admit some of the questions on this Purim quiz are deep cuts. But you’re not supposed to get them all ...