A Purim message from Jim Klutznick, APN Chair

Many people think of Purim as a children's holiday, but Purim is not a Jewish Halloween with dress up and cookies. On Purim, it is said, everything is turned upside down. Topsy-turvy. Haman's plan to kill all the Jews of Persia was thwarted by the Jewish Queen of Persia, Esther. Haman was hung when Esther's plea to the King to save her people paid off. Ultimately, the Purim story is a story of Jewish survival. On this holiday, Jews throughout the world read this story from a book contained in the Jewish Bible - Megillat Esther. Megillat Esther can be understood to mean "to expose the hidden." More