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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the National Police Academy, Beit Shemesh, March 13, 2025. Credit: Omer Meron, video, Yehezkel Kandil, sound/GPO.

Netanyahu compares Purim story to fight against today’s ‘Persian axis’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participated in the traditional reading of the Book of Esther during the holiday of Purim at the National Police Academy in Beit Shemesh, west of Jerusalem, on Thursday evening. Addressing...

‘We need the joy’: Jews around the world gear up for Purim despite the...

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More than 2,000 years ago, when the Jews of Persia triumphed over an existential threat, they celebrated by proclaiming a holiday: They gave charity, the Scroll of Esther recounts, sent each other presents of...
Moo Shu pancakes. Source: YouTube.

Chinese restaurant in London offers kosher dishes with a side of history

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The legendary relationship between the Jewish people and Chinese cuisine has reached new heights at a North London venue that offers both contemporary dishes and a taste of history. The name “Kaifeng” originates from a group of...
The Darius inscription. Photo: Shai Halevi, Israel Antiquities Authority

Touted Darius inscription is inauthentic, Israel Antiquities Authority clarifies

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The Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Friday that an inscription on an ancient shard uncovered in southern Israel, which it attributed earlier in the week with much fanfare to the Persian King Darius the Great, is...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani. Credit: Asatur Yesayants/Shutterstock.

We recognize Haman. But where are Mordechai and Esther?

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This week’s festival of Purim provided Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with an irresistible analogy. Purim celebrates the deliverance of the Jews of ancient Persia by Mordechai and Esther—two Jews who thwarted the genocidal intentions of...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a memorial ceremony for Joseph Trumpeldor in Tel Hai, in northern Israel, on Feb. 23, 2021. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

At Zionist hero’s memorial, Netanyahu invokes Purim to threaten Iran

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday issued a warning to the regime in Tehran ahead of Passover, the holiday that marks the Jewish people’s rescue from annihilation at the hands of Haman in...