The Story of Purim Told in Pop Culture GIFs
Graphic by Angelie Zaslavsky
By Lior Zaltzman March 20, 2016
Purim is this week! We hope you have your costumes picked out, are getting ready to bake some hamantaschen and flexing your hands in preparation for all that vigorous grogger shaking.
If you need a refresher on the story of Purim and only have, say, 30 seconds, we’ve got you covered. Here’s the story of Purim in animated GIFs told by some of our favorite pop-culture Jews, like Broad City’s Abbi and Ilana, and Wonder Woman Gal Gadot, because, as you know, the story of Purim is all about feminism…
Or is it?
Enjoy:
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