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On Purim in wartime, Jews wrestle with a biblical story of retribution
The festival of fun and frivolity has been harder for some Jews to celebrate in the wake of the destruction of Gaza.
Religion News Service on MSN3d
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 ...
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 ...
The Blogs | The Times of Israel22h
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 ...
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 ...
Purim’s lesson: The White Paper showed why Jews must defend themselves - opinion
Unlike in the story of the Megillah and during the Holocaust, Jews are presently defending their homeland, the country that ...
The Forward on MSN3dOpinion
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 ...
The Christian Post on MSN3dOpinion
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 ...
Townhall8dOpinion
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” ...
The Boston Globe5d
Antisemitism is growing worse on the left. And on the right.
This week, Jews worldwide will celebrate the festival of Purim. It is a joyful holiday replete with lively rituals, especially the exuberant public reading of the Book of Esther. The biblical text ...