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Purim News from Across the Globe
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HOLIDAY WATCH
Costumed Purim Celebrants Feast Around the World
Mar 2, 2010 3:25 PM
Hundreds of thousands of people around the world, many decked in costume, went to their local Jewish community centers, synagogues and Chabad-Lubavitch centers for a host of elaborate and historic Purim celebrations this week. |
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CAMPUS LIFE
Near-Blizzard Shutters Classes at Binghamton University
Mar 1, 2010 1:30 PM
As news crews scouted the best locations to document the first major winter storm to strike New York’s Southern Tier region in three years, snowfall from blizzard-like blast led Binghamton University to cancel classes and forced its Chabad Center for Jewish Student Life to reschedule its annual Purim carnival. |
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Purim Festivities Return to Ancient Mountaintop Fortress of Masada
Mar 1, 2010 12:45 PM
In what is believed to be a first since a Roman siege almost 2,000 years ago laid waste to the mountaintop fortress of Masada, Jews gathered in the ancient ruins to hear a rabbinical student read from the biblical Scroll of Esther. |
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10,000 Poor Children Receive Purim Costumes
Feb 26, 2010 8:30 AM
Thousands of needy Israeli children received costumes in advance of the holiday of Purim when the Yad B’Yad charity organization opened its warehouse for those whose families couldn’t afford to indulge the traditional custom. |
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HOLIDAY WATCH
Weekend Carnivals to Celebrate Biblical Victory of Persian Jews
Feb 25, 2010 8:30 AM
It’s a time of year characterized by children in costumes, celebratory feasts, exchanges of gifts and the doling out of charity, a holiday that Jewish communities the world over look forward to as a day when the threat of annihilation disappeared. |
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FORMER SOVIET UNION
Moscow Senior Center Readies Pre-Purim Shipments
Feb 23, 2010 9:30 AM
Scores of volunteers flooded the offices and courtyards of Moscow’s Shaarei Tzedek social welfare center to pack boxes of pre-holiday shipments for elderly Jewish residents. |
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HOLIDAY WATCH
Seattle Caterer Joins Relief Efforts With Hamentachen for Haiti
Feb 16, 2010 9:45 AM
Leah’s Catering and the Stroum Jewish Community Center have launched a Purim-themed fundraising drive to benefit earthquake relief. |
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HOLIDAY WATCH
Jews Recall Persian Victory in Festive Purim Celebrations
Mar 12, 2009 9:45 AM
Jewish communities the world over celebrated the holiday of Purim with carnivals, live music and elaborate feasts, all centered around the traditional reading of the biblical Scroll of Esther. |
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