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💬 The Presence of an Absence: a Public Reading for the Fast of Esther, the dark side to Purim, by Rabbi Arthur O. Waskow

A public reading offered by Rabbi Arthur Waskow for the Fast of Esther in response to recent events in the State of Israel by the right-wing government of Bibi Netanyahu admitting Jewish fascists into their administration. . . .

Categories: Taanit Esther Readings

Tags: 1994 Cave of the Patriarchs massacre, 2019 Israeli legislative election, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., anti-fascist Judaism, anti-Kahanist, ארץ ישראל Erets Yisrael, Israeli-Jewish settler violence, Israelis and Palestinians, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Philadelphia

Contributor(s): Arthur Waskow and the Shalom Center

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17

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