Category Archives: Purim

By Robert J. Avrech | February 24, 2013

Purim: A Non Progressive Jewish Holiday

Tweet Today the Jewish people celebrate the holiday of Purim. It’s an old and familiar story: An intolerant Jew-hater named Haman hatches a plan to annihilate the Jewish people in the ancient kingdom of Persia. That Genocide Thing. Again. Most of the Jews in this multicultural Persian kingdom have been enlightened to the point where [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | March 8, 2012

The Joy of Purim, 2012

Tweet Now, let’s step into a time machine and witness the joy of Purim in Tel Aviv, 1932:

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By Robert J. Avrech | March 7, 2012

Purim for Catholics

Tweet Today is the Fast Of Purim. And tonight we read the Book of Esther. Once upon a time, in the ancient Persian kingdom, there arose a government bureaucrat named Haman, a power-hungry Jew-hater who used the machinery of big government to contrive a genocide of the Jewish people. He told King Achashverosh that the [...]

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By Robert J. Avrech | March 20, 2011

Happy Purim, 2011

Tweet Maayan Ariel says: “Happy Purim to all our friends and relatives.” And here’s a Purim song from The Maccabeats:

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By Robert J. Avrech | March 9, 2009

The Old New Genocidal Persian Threat

Tweet Today is Ta’anit Esther, the Fast of Esther. And tonight begins the joyous holiday of Purim where we read Megillat Esther, The Scroll of Esther, the story of the rescue of the Persian Jewish community from genocide. History is a wheel, a giant wheel that slowly turns, revealing historical patterns that should, by now, [...]

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