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Posts Tagged ‘Purim’
Purim in America: How the joyous holiday increased Jews’ visibility in the United States
February 25th, 2021 
Awake Goy 
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No Comments »From Boo-ing to (K)no(w)ing This Purim
February 25th, 2021 Awake Goy My earliest memories of Purim are of sitting beside my grandmother in synagogue with a large wooden gragger that I excitedly spun at each mention of “Haman.” For the next 50 years, I would do the very same thing. This year, though, I will not be boo-ing. Instead, I will be no-ing. I will shout […]
Coronavirus Israel live: Thousand gather in Tel Aviv for Purim despite COVID curfew
February 25th, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
Posted in Jewish News Tags: coronavirus, covid, despite, gather, israel, Purim, thousand No Comments »Government Gives Final Okay To Nationwide Nightly Curfew Over Purim
February 25th, 2021 Awake Goy Government ministers on Wednesday approved a nationwide nightly curfew over Purim, in a bid to prevent gatherings during the holiday that could fuel a resurgence in coronavirus cases. The curfew will begin Thursday night, after the start of Purim, and end Sunday morning, as the holiday continues until then in some locations. Under the curfew […]
Posted in Jewish News Tags: curfew, final, gives, government, nationwide, nightly, Purim No Comments »No parties or parades, but other possibilities remain for Purim
February 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Making plans for Purim? Don’t go overboard, as cabinet ministers decided to institute a three-night curfew (Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, 8:30 p.m. to 5 a.m.) over the holiday weekend. Purim begins this Thursday evening and carries on through Sunday, when the walled cities of Jerusalem and Safed celebrate Shushan Purim. After three prolonged lockdowns […]
From Kuwait to Oman, Jews are preparing for a Purim unlike any other
February 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Across the Gulf states, from Kuwait to Oman, Jews are preparing for a Purim unlike any other they have ever had. The Association of Gulf Jewish Communities is hosting a virtual Purim event on Thursday, February 25. It is the first of its kind and the first since the founding of the AGJC this month. […]
UAE Jewish community gears up for Purim and 24-hour megillah reading
February 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Purim is coming to the Gulf this year and a number of unique and unprecedented events are planned for Jewish communities in the region. In the United Arab Emirates a twenty-four hour megillah reading is planned. Rabbi Levi Duchman of the UAE and Jewish Community Center (JCC), says. That there are twelve rabbis who will […]
Purim Satire: A Statement from The Papa Vichy Jam Company
February 24th, 2021 Awake Goy “Bonne Maman, a popular French preserves company available in most grocery stories and online, is going viral for an unverified but heartwarming story of Nazi resistance” — New York Post, Feb. 18, 2021 We realize there is a “feel-good” story going around about a certain rival jam company from our part of the world, in […]
Israel: COVID-19 Night Curfew on Purim
February 24th, 2021 Awake Goy Browse > Home / News / Israel: COVID-19 Night Curfew on Purim February 24, 2021 by Aryeh Savir – TPS Read on for article The Israeli government convened on Tuesday night and approved the Health Ministry’s outline for Coronavirus (COVID-19) restrictions during the Purim holiday, celebrated from Thursday evening until Sunday, chiefly an overnight curfew. […]
Purim When You’re Not in the Mood
February 24th, 2021 Awake Goy February 24, 2021 by Rabbi Nicole K. Roberts Read on for article This Thursday evening, the Jewish world begins celebrating the raucous holiday of Purim, when silliness prevails over seriousness, and levity wins the day. Rabbi Nicole Roberts But some years, Purim feels harder than other years, and levity just doesn’t feel accessible on demand. […]
Purim: A Celebration of Difference and a Call to Action
February 24th, 2021 Awake Goy On Purim, Jews all over the world will hear Megillat Esther, our story of triumph over those who would erase us. The Megillah is a story of diaspora Jews within the ancient Persian empire who were attacked because they preserved their identity and religion — even while being active participants in society. We read of […]
Coronavirus Israel: Government approves nighttime curfew for Purim holiday
February 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy News and Partnerships Life and Culture Columnists and Opinion Haaretz Heb and TheMarker Haaretz.com, the online English edition of Haaretz Newspaper in Israel, gives you breaking news, analyses and opinions about Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World. © Haaretz Daily Newspaper Ltd. All Rights Reserved Source Views: 0
Posted in Jewish News Tags: approves, coronavirus, curfew, government, israel, nighttime, Purim No Comments »Mayim Bialik breaks down Purim, explains why it is ‘lit’
February 23rd, 2021 Awake Goy In her latest episode of the Youtube show You Know How I Know on the Jewish Learning channel, Mayim Bialik breaks down the Jewish holiday of Purim, explaining the story of the holiday and mentioning its traditions, which she refers to as “lit.”[embedded content] “Drinking, cross-dressing, partying all night, letting it all hang out – oh […]
Purim or Poor Them
February 19th, 2021 Awake Goy February 19, 2021 by Jeremy Rosen Read on for article Purim is the happiest and craziest day in the Jewish calendar and the only festival that celebrates an event in the Diaspora. But is it really? Jeremy Rosen According to tradition, the story of Purim and the Book of Esther date to the early Persian […]
Second pandemic Purim: I’m focusing on giving to the poor
February 19th, 2021 Awake Goy One year ago, we were debating how to navigate Purim carnivals — not if they should or should not take place. We were told that masks would not protect you from COVID-19 and were to be worn to celebrate Purim purely for entertainment. Last year, my family dressed and attended Megillah readings with fewer than […]
Purim: Jews have found their diaspora selves in the holiday tale
February 18th, 2021 Awake Goy In one of the few, or perhaps only halachic and homiletical essays in the book Esther in America, my old friend Rabbi Shmuel Hain suggests that the custom to read the Megillah of Esther twice on the holiday of Purim is to ensure that you read the rich text from different perspectives. To paraphrase Hain, […]
Flagship New Jersey yeshiva cancels Purim celebrations
February 17th, 2021 Awake Goy Haredi Orthodox Jews in Lakewood, New Jersey, are curtailing Purim festivities because of COVID-19. For the first time in 80 years, Beth Medrash Govoha, the yeshiva at the center of the township’s 70,000-strong Orthodox community, won’t host festivities surrounding the holiday, the Asbury Park Press reports. Ocean County health authorities have reported 11,369 COVID-19 cases […]
COVID-Fatigued Communities Prepare for a Distanced Purim
February 3rd, 2021 Awake Goy In 2020, Purim began on the evening of March 9, just before the country shut down to stop the spread of the coronavirus. For some Jewish communities, the holiday was the first celebrated over Zoom. In others, the typical parties gave way to more somber, hand sanitizer-soaked services, stripped of the raucousness that characterizes the […]
At Last! Iran ‘Celebrates’ Purim by Announcing Festival to Inaugurate Israel’s Demise
March 2nd, 2018 Awake Goy Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Join 5,891 other followers Source Article from https://theuglytruth.wordpress.com/2018/03/02/at-last-iran-celebrates-purim-by-announcing-festival-to-inaugurate-israels-demise/ Views: 0
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