Purim

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Esther is the real queen of the art of the deal

Her kind of courage and hidden soft power is pivotal in today’s world, writes the founder of a movement toward embodying the Jewish experience and feminine spirituality.

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Nieuw Israëlietisch Weekblad editor-in-chief Esther Voet (Courtesy of NIW)

Jewish journalist’s Purim prank about fleeing anti-Semitism shocks Holland

“I’m leaving for the only country where getting called a dirty Jew simply means I have to take a bath,” Esther Voet wrote in a column she said was her last.

German Jews are all in with a Catholic Carnival tradition

A new club embraces a local tradition for the first time since the Nazi era.

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Empowered feminism is the real hero of the Purim story

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On this Spanish island, Purim used to be the biggest holiday for persecuted Jews

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Purim is the queerist holiday. Why haven’t we internalized its lessons?

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The Romans tried to ban wild Purim parties in 408 CE – for a very good reason

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As a child, Purim made me ashamed to be poor

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Arab teenagers arrested in beating of Jewish boy outside Paris-area synagogue

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This Jewish grandmother was sentenced to death in Iran. Holland won’t grant her asylum.

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