Antisemitism is real and dangerous, but so are abuses of Jewish power, writes a Los Angeles-based interfaith activist. (JTA) — Many people think of Purim as a children’s holiday ...

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Purim is the Jewish holiday commemorating when Queen Esther saved the Jews from her husband’s advisor, Haman’s, wrath. Haman wanted to massacre the Jews of Persia because Mordechai (Esther’s cousin ...

Tens of thousands of people celebrated the Jewish holiday of Purim on Monday, though the traditionally boisterous celebrations were muted by the Israel-Hamas war. Although many cities across Israel ...

The well-known Jewish holiday, Purim, describes a plot by a Persian official who attempted to destroy the Jewish people ...

The rabbi predicted that Sinwar and his associates would meet a gruesome end akin to the hanging of Haman, the enemy of the Jews in the story of Purim ... who opposed the Jewish people and ...

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But the Jewish calendar is not only full of days commemorating Divine revelation or national days of triumph (Hanukkah and Purim); it also includes days of mourning, fasting, and grief.

Purim is a Jewish festival that usually happens in February or March each year. It celebrates a story from the Jewish Bible. In the story, Queen Esther helped to save the Jewish people from an ...