Tennessee’s drag ban affecting Purim is not a distraction from trans advocacy
In the face of the dangerous and formidable movement against queer lives, all voices are necessary
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Fast Forward When you’re the only Jew in the statehouse, nobody gets your jokes
Esther Panitch on being Jewish in the South, the pressure of being Georgia’s only Jewish legislator and her bill on antisemitism
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Letters Bans on drag performers are direct attacks on trans people
A recent op-ed centered cisgender Jewish gay men who might dress up in drag once a year at Purim
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Fast Forward A Purim costume spoofing police brutality triggers concerns about racism and insensitivity
Though the photo has been removed from Instagram, the debate over racism on Purim persists
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Opinion Tennessee’s new anti-drag laws would make Purim celebrations illegal
Laws that seek to curtail the rights of any minority group are inevitably used against Jews
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Forverts in English What did Purim costumes look like in a pre-war Polish shtetl?
The boys in these photos are putting on a Purim shpiel (Purim play) in Apt (Opatow), Poland.
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Fast Forward In Orthodox communities where women don’t read Torah, Purim offers a rare opportunity
According to the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, at least 105 women-led megillah readings, for both mixed-gender and women-only audiences, are taking place worldwide this year
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Film & TV Your official Purim drinking game for Mel Brooks’ ‘History of the World, Part II’
A handy, holiday guide for Jewish streamers
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