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    The Joy of Purim

    What the holiday can teach us about fighting evil in our midst

    byBeth Kissileff
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    On Purim, Remembering Not to Forget

    Memory, continuity, and a grandfather’s curious New York Times ritual

    byAlter Yisrael Shimon Feuerman
  • Students Sujud Watan, left, and Rana Ghazail in the Al-Qasemi College library.(Oren Kessler)
    Students Sujud Watan, left, and Rana Ghazail in the Al-Qasemi College library.(Oren Kessler)
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    Islamic College Funded by Jews

    The school aims to promote a moderate vision of Islam, but it faces deep skepticism from Jews and Muslims

    byOren Kessler
  • The Toulouse school earlier this week.(Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images)
    The Toulouse school earlier this week.(Eric Cabanis/AFP/Getty Images)
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    No, Israel Isn’t at Fault For Toulouse

    In ‘New York Review,’ William Pfaff blames the victims

    byMarc Tracy
  • Prime Minister Netanyahu Monday.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
    Prime Minister Netanyahu Monday.(Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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    Haman Is Dead

    Against the Jewish belief in apocalypse

    byMarc Tracy
  • Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 2005.(JOSE JORDAN/AFP/Getty Images)
    Zubin Mehta conducting the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, 2005.(JOSE JORDAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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    Out of Tune

    When Israelis and Palestinians choose politics over music, they’re guilty of the gravest offense in the Torah: acting like Amalek

    byLiel Leibovitz
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    Seriously Groggy

    The Purim tradition of drowning out Haman’s name with noise dates back to medieval times. But in our increasingly cacophonous lives, an illustrator wonders: Does the grogger need to be reinvented?

    bySarah Lazarovic
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    Today on Tablet

    Hamen-tasting, Vashti the feminist, and more on Purim

    byMarc Tracy
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    Austrophobia

    Sam Apple encounters a shepherd who sings in Yiddish—and forces him to question his deepest fear.

    byBoris Fishman
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