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Esther: The Persian Version – Book of Esther

Is the story of Esther a myth, or were its dramatic heroes and villains real people on the stage of Persian history? Iranian sources paint a complex but fascinating picture, which could – like the...

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Esther

Iran

Issue 47 | April 2019

Persian period

Purim

Women

Why We Eat Haman Taschen – Purim Spiel

Shmil Holland

How did a classic Central European pastry become associated with the Jewish festival of Purim? And how did Haman’s ears end up in his pocketbook? Shmil Holland The triangular pastries that developed in Central Europe...

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Czech Republic

Early modern period

Issue 9 | February 2012

Jewish food

Purim

Topsy Turvy – Purim Spiel

Yair Lifshitz

An annual outlet for the pressure cooker of the medieval Jewish community, the Purim spiel subtly subverts the power structures of Jewish society, making a mockery of their authority Yair Lifshitz Reb Yeshaya Priwes was...

19th century

Articles

Issue 9 | February 2012

Literature and Culture

Poland

Purim

פורים שפיל בגרסת היידישפיל. סצנה מתוך ההצגה 'די מגילה' המועלית כיום על ידי תאטרון היידישפיל

Megilla with a Secular Twist – Purim Spiel

Yair Lifshitz

In one modern Purim spiel, petty revolutionaries complain about Mordecai’s piety. Ironically, this subtly subversive Yiddish text was originally shunned in Israel Yair Lifshitz Itzik Manger was born in 1901 in Czernowitz, although one version...

Issue 9 | February 2012

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Esther: The Persian Version – Book of Esther

Why We Eat Haman Taschen – Purim Spiel

Topsy Turvy – Purim Spiel

Megilla with a Secular Twist – Purim Spiel

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