Posts tagged Esther
Israeli Earthquake Rescue Team Returns 200-year-old Scrolls of Esther to Turkey
Israeli Earthquake Rescue Team Returns 200-year-old Scrolls of Esther to Turkey

The goodwill Israel earned when she sent a team of nearly 700 emergency medical responders to Turkey following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that devastated Hatay province on Feb. 6 evaporated after the revelation that the search and rescue team secretly exported two 200-year-old Scrolls of Esther from Antakya at the end of its six-day mission there.

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Christianity, Conflict, History, Judaism, Middle East, Religion News, NewsGil ZoharGil Zohar, Esther, Turkey, Ankara, ZAKA, Jewish Museum of Turkey, Zülfaris Synagogue, Antioch, Antakya Synagogue, Saul Cenudioğlu, Antakya Earthquake, Siloam Inscription, primary feature, Primary Feature, Secondary FeatureComment
This year's Purim carnival set off more than firecrackers in Israel
This year's Purim carnival set off more than firecrackers in Israel

(NEWS ANALYSIS) Israeli Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked released a satirical perfume ad jabbing at leftists who call her fascist, the country’s largest English daily labeled Israel’s democracy a joke and President Trump upended decades of U.S. policy in one tweet.

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Conflict, Middle East, News, Politics, Religion, North AmericaGil ZoharPurim, Gil Zohar, Israel, Esther, Adar, Hebrew, full moon, Primary Feature, Judaism, Jewish, Secondary Feature