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Venetian mask. Credit: Nicolette/Pixabay.

Behind the mask

Purim is a serious festival. Yet many people consider it merely a children’s masquerade party. The very notion of dressing up, wearing masks and creative costumes to disguise ourselves is the subject of much...
"Esther and Mordechai," oil on canvas, 1675. Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Who’s their favorite Purim person and why?

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You may not find it surprising that Mordechai and Esther are the most popular in our (wildly unscientific) JNS “Favorite Purim Person” poll. After all, Esther was a young orphan girl living in Shushan, the...