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Jeffrey Herf on the Transformation of Radical Speech into Violence
Explore the rise of anti-Semitic violence in America and its roots in radical movements, with insights from historian Jeffrey Herf.
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Ronna Burger on Reading Esther as a Philosopher (Rebroadcast)
Today, as Jews celebrate the holiday of Purim, they’ll also study the book of Esther, named for the young queen whose Jewish identity was unknown to her husband—Persia’s king—and his court. The book of Esther tells the story of how she and her cousin Mordechai outwitted the king’s second-in-command, the vizier Haman, who sought to destroy the Persian Jews. Beloved among children and adults, the story has also been read by some as a manual for Jewish political survival in the Diaspora.
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