Daily Archives: February 25, 2021

Enews: Purim 2021

UncategorizedBy The Jerusalem Connection February 25, 2021

By Shelley Neese Purim is the holiday when Jews (and many Christians) remember the story of Esther. Esther was an ordinary Jewish girl who became Queen of the Persian Empire. God placed Esther in the right place at the right time. When the evil Haman issued a plan for all the Jews in the Empire…

Purim miracles: From Saddam to corona and beyond

Feasts and festivalsBy The Jerusalem Connection February 25, 2021

By Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post— As Israel takes its first tentative steps back toward normalcy in the shadow of the coronavirus pandemic, this weekend’s festival of Purim could not be more fortuitous. After the death and despair, the lows and the lockdowns of the past year, when our lives were upended in ways we could…