On February 25, 2021, (the Hebrew date Adar 14), Jews around the world will celebrate Purim to mark the salvation of the Jewish people in ancient Persia from planned annihilation. Purim isn’t one of the Jewish holidays I had heard of before I went to Iran for my first teaching position, in spite of havingContinue reading “Holidays Around the World: Purim”
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Holidays Around the World: Day of Unification in Romania
What can we learn from the Romanian Day of Unification, a holiday celebrating an event going back to 1862.