Posts tagged Purim
Israel’s Purim Festivals Feature Glee And Despair Amid Ongoing War
Israel’s Purim Festivals Feature Glee And Despair Amid Ongoing War

The Purim festivities in Israel this year were tinged with a schizophrenic twinning of glee and despair. Adding to the dismal mood was intermittent rain and a drizzle of rockets from Lebanon. Many celebrants experienced cognitive dissonance in marking the foiling of a genocidal plan in ancient Persia while a bloody war is raging today in the Gaza Strip and Lebanon.

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Israel, Jewish, Judaism, Middle East, News, PoliticsGil ZoharGil Zohar, Purim, Israel, Gaza, Hamas, Jews, news, Zenger News, Zenger, ZengerNews, Primary feature, Ramadan, Muslims, Islam, Secondary featureComment
How New York’s 19th century Jews turned Purim into an American party
How New York’s 19th century Jews turned Purim into an American party

(ANALYSIS) On Feb. 26, Jews celebrate Purim with feasts, carnivals and charity. A historian of American Judaism points to Purim as an important holiday that increased Jews’ visibility in the United States in the 19th century.

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Analysis, North America, NewsZev EleffZev Eleff, The Conversation, Secondary Feature, New York, Jewish holidays, Jewish, Judaism, Jews, Scroll of Esther, Hebrew Bible, Purim, purim, American Jews, Manhattan, New York City, New York City Jews, Purim ballComment
This year's Purim carnival set off more than firecrackers in Israel
This year's Purim carnival set off more than firecrackers in Israel

(NEWS ANALYSIS) Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked released a satirical perfume ad jabbing at leftists who call her fascist, the country’s largest English daily labeled Israel’s democracy a joke and President Trump upended decades of U.S. policy in one tweet.

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Conflict, Middle East, News, Politics, Religion, North AmericaGil ZoharPurim, Gil Zohar, Israel, Esther, Adar, Hebrew, full moon, Primary Feature, Judaism, Jewish, Secondary Feature