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In one modern Purim spiel, petty revolutionaries complain about Mordecai’s piety. Ironically, this subtly subversive Yiddish text was originally...
An annual outlet for the pressure cooker of the medieval Jewish community, the Purim spiel subtly subverts the power...
In the Persian Empire of the book of Esther, the Gnostic fire worship of the Zoroastrian faith reigned supreme....
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