In one modern Purim spiel, petty revolutionaries complain about Mordecai’s piety. Ironically, this subtly subversive Yiddish text was originally shunned...
An annual outlet for the pressure cooker of the medieval Jewish community, the Purim spiel subtly subverts the power structures...
Banished from Egypt time and again for promoting nationalism and exposing government corruption, James Sanua harnessed humor and drama to...
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