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…A Time Of Frivolity And Kindness People Who Need Purim Unity among Jews is strengthened with every gift of charity or treats. DAVID SACHS Editorial Assistant urim usually rouses memories of megilla, merriment and masquerade. But a power- ful spiritual element of Purim not always comes first to mind — the mitzvah (com- mandment) of reaching out to others. Megillat Esther (Book of Esther) requires that every Jew at Purim give parcels of spe...…

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…riendl Fire ERIC SILVER Israel Correspondent Jerusalem N o general relishes waging war on two fronts. Ex-general Ehud Barak's night- mare is that he is currently fighting for peace on so many fronts that it's hard to keep count from one day to the next. The Israeli prime minister has resumed direct negotiations with the Palestinians. Another 6.1 per cent of the West Bank, including at least two Arab villages on the outskirts of Jerusalem, ...…

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…ditorials Editorials and Letters to the Editor are posted and archived on JN Online: www.detroitjewishnews.com The Many Faces Of Purim IN FOCUS gious bigotry on Sunday, it was a small all the frivolity — the grog- step in the right direction. But institu- gers, costumes, masks and tional atonement is a step that has not parties. — are the happy side been taken, either by the Vatican or by of Purim, celebrating one of most of the world's go...…

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