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The Forward on MSNHow to navigate the Court of Trump? Esther’s pragmatism vs. Vashti’s principlesFor children, the Book of Esther is a fairy tale — of kings, queens, beauty contests and the foiled plans of a dastardly ...
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The Forward on MSNI’m a rabbi. Here’s why I’m boycotting the megillah reading for Purim this yearThe holiday of Purim has historically been a holiday of revelry and upside-down merriment, arriving as it does in concert ...
REMEMBER This Shabbat is Shabbat Zachor. The reason it is called that is because we read a passage from Deuteronomy and also ...
Rabbi Yosi says (the failure of) Haman’s power is our authority. Jews should always remember and celebrate our survival and our enemy’s downfall; not with hate, but by joy. Rabbi Simeon says it was ...
Queen Vashti, the royal one by blood and thus the source of Ahasuerus’ kingship, says an emphatic “No!” to being paraded around unclothed when asked (and is ultimately gravely punished for ...
The National Library of Israel is lending the 400-year-old artifact to the National Museum of Italian Judaism and the Shoah ...
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