"No one has issued a formal statement saying that attendance dropped at children’s #Purim parties because people are frightened. But everyone knows the reason people chose to stay home. Parents do not want to take their children to a public #Jewish event and feel at risk. They do not want to explain why armed police are standing near the fairy floss machine, at a celebration that is supposed to be light-hearted and fun for kids."

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https://www.abc.net.au/religion/purim-is-ordinarily-a-joyous-festival-for-australian-jews/106421998

Purim story parallels Iran's modern war against Israel and allies

https://misryoum.com/us/opinion/purim-story-parallels-irans-modern-war-against-israel

NEWYou can now listen to US News Hub MISRYOUM News articles! Every year around this time, Jews read the ancient Scroll of Esther and remember a Persian courtier named Haman who plotted "to destroy, to kill and to annihilate...

#Purim #US_Opinion #MISRYOUM

Thanks to everyone who guessed what we were going for this Purim! So much fun. Back to real life now 🙃

**My Husband’s “Punch” Face MakeUp was bananas so he went as Punches “Stuffed Human” 🐵🤗

#PurimParty #CouplesCostume #Purim #Celebration #Jewish

Canada loves shooting at Jewish buildings.

"A #Toronto #synagogue was hit by #gunfire late on Monday night, just hours after a #Purim celebration was held there.

No injuries were reported in the #shooting, according to police, which targeted #Reform synagogue #TempleEmanuEl at around 10:49 p.m. The event, which was billed as a “sing-along #shpiel” and costume contest, had run until 9 p.m.

But #Rabbi #DebraLandsberg told reporters that she couldn’t sleep much Monday night: She was still inside the building when the #shooting occurred, and could hear the #gunshots.

“I’m a bit shaken up,” she said. “It is devastating that there are those in this society that want to shatter what we have here.”

https://www.jta.org/2026/03/03/global/toronto-synagogue-hit-by-gunfire-hours-after-purim-event

The Purim gift basket in Hebrew is /meesh-'lo-akh ma-'not/ משלוח מנות

Hamantaschen is /'o-zen ha-'man/ אזן המן or אוזן המן

And Purim is formally /poo-'reem/ and colloquially /'poo-reem/ פורים.

Happy Purim 💙🥳

*not sponsored, but loved it!

#HappyPurim #GiftBasket #Purim #Jewish #Foods

I forgot to post this last night after sundown, but Chag Purim Sameach to any of my Jewish friends here on Fedi.

#Purim

"In the final chapter of the #BookofEsther, the book itself is described as an #iggeret, a letter. This is an unusual term for a work that ultimately would become part of #Scripture. Rather than being presented as a formal #sefer or #scroll, the #megillah is cast as a letter of correspondence.

Because #MegillatEsther is framed as an iggeret, #Halacha treats it with greater flexibility. The requirements governing how it is written and how it is read aloud are less rigid than those of other books of Scripture. These leniencies reflect its origins as a letter sent to a dispersed nation to formalize the practices of #Purim and secure them for the future, and it is therefore preserved in #Jewish law in that same form.

The status of the megillah as a letter carries deep symbolism."

https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-887977