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Purim 2023
Purim celebrated in Israel with all the usual fanfare
March 7, 2023
The holiday started after sundown on Monday and continues through Tuesday evening, with Shushan Purim lasting through Wednesday.
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Purim 2023
How Jews made the holiday of Purim personal
Sarah Ogince
March 7, 2023
“It is a story about the necessity of Jewish power as a form of group protection—of lobbying, rallying, activism and sticking one’s neck out for one’s fellow Jew,” says Wendy Zierler, a rabbi and a professor of modern Jewish literature and feminist studies at Hebrew Union College‒Jewish Institute of Religion.
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