Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her husband (Henreid), a Czechoslovak resistance leader Purim 2024 begin Saturday night, March 23 and continues through Sunday, March 24 (extending through Monday in Jerusalem)
Purim is traditionally one of the most joyous holidays in the Jewish calendar
The Mishnah relates that in the Temple worship in Jerusalem
The story of Purim is recounted in the Book of Esther, whose
The Purim story is the Book of Esther; which is a part of the Ketuvim or Writings (also called the Hagiographa), the third section of Tanach [the Hebrew Bible]
Casablanca - Purim, ROS_IE3144784
Casablanca - Purim, undated File — Box: 6, Folder: 83 (Morocco4) Citation Staff Only YIVO Institute for Jewish Research OSE Photograph Collection (RG 494) OSE
Purim in Casablanca from Gaon Web Films
Check the PJ Library for Purim stories at pjlibrary
Purim in Other Years
Credit: David Fahima album, Israel revealed to the Eye, Yad Ben-Zvi Institute These remarks, which historian David Guedj cites in his book “Light in the West: Hebrew Culture in Morocco 1912-1956” (in Hebrew), reflect a high point in the flowering of Hebrew culture in the North African country
The museum, whose building originated in 1948 as a Jewish orphanage that housed up to 160 Jewish youth, was opened by King 9
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Purim is a festival when Jews remember Esther, who was the Queen of Persia more than 2,000 years ago
The Megillah is the only book in the whole of Scripture, which does not contain G-d's name
The Jewish Educator Portal's Purim Resources Collection has engaging resources for every type of learner
In addition to drinking more alcohol than usual, well-respected leaders are lampooned, children dress up as adults and, especially in Israel, men often dress up Vintage Dresses
Reminders of the Original Purim
Purim in the 21st Century
Though little on its surface might suggest it, it remains one of the most Jewish films to come out of the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood