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Israel Police urges armed guard in every synagogue on Purim

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At least one armed guard should be present in every synagogue in Israel during Sunday and Monday’s Purim holiday, as the terror threat across the country remains high amid the ongoing war with Hamas, Deputy...
“Megillat Hitler” rolled together with a Megillat Esther (Esther Scroll), Casablanca, Morocco, 1944. Credit: Yad Vashem Artifact Collection, Donated by Alberto Corcos, Herzliya, Israel.

How Jews made the holiday of Purim personal

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“Cursed is Hitler, cursed is Mussolini … Blessed is Roosevelt, blessed is Churchill.” With these words, the Moroccan scribe Prosper Hassine concluded his account of World War II and the Holocaust. The story was familiar,...