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On Purim in wartime, Jews wrestle with a biblical story of retribution
The Jewish holiday of Purim is traditionally a wild and woolly festival in which costumes, noise making and drinking are ...
Jerusalem holds annual Purim parade with yellow ribbon symbolising hostages
The Purim parade in Jerusalem on Sunday featured the Israeli police band and a yellow ribbon, symbolising hostages held in ...
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Just like Purim’s Shushan Jews, we Italian Jews are fighting back
It was nearly a year and a half ago following the October 7 massacre, that Italy stepped up to the challenge and offered ...
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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 ...
Purim’s poetic justice: The timeless triumph of good over evil - opinion
Absolute evil was ultimately thrown into the trash heap of history. And in Goebbels’ mansion? Hundreds of Jewish American ...
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I’m a rabbi. Here’s why I’m boycotting the megillah reading for Purim this year
I love Purim rituals. But the megillah is, in 2025, a document that doesn't support the values I'm trying to advance in my ...
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This Purim, we should remember our enemies — but especially our friends
If there is a message for this Purim, for this moment in history, it is this the story of the Jewish people is not just a ...
From sanctuary to near-genocide: Purim's lessons on the path to eradicate the Jews - opinion
While the path to eradicate Judaism back then was physical, and today’s is ideological – negating Judaism by negating the ...
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Purim, Persia, the Jews, and Iran: A Time for Prayer and Action
The often-repeated verse were Mordechai counsels Esther that she was put in her place as Queen “for such a time as this” ...
‘Kosher in combat.’ A Surfside group works to help Jews in the military keep the faith
The conference helps military chaplains and others in the service understand what soldiers go through, he said. Discussion ...
Andersonville hosts first-ever Purim Carnival
CHICAGO – Community members in Andersonville gathered Sunday for the neighborhood’s first ever Purim Carnival. The holiday ...