I’ve always liked Purim.
As a child I always got
the role of Queen Esther.
No contest.
(In my Hebrew school
the teacher said Ahashuerus
chose Esther because of her
large vocabulary.)
The Purim story was just
another story to me.
When I first moved to New York
in the 70’s there was an
Up With Vashti demonstration
in front of Zabars.
And yesterday at our Purim
party wh…
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