Word: haman
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Jewish early spring festival commemorating the story of Haman, a sth Century B.C. Jew-baiter and Prime Minister of Persia's King Xerxes (Ahasuerus). The King finally had him hanged for his virulent anti-Semitism upon the intervention of Queen Esther, a beautiful Jewess. *In Ipswich, England, Tommy Hailstone, 12, was found by his sister last week, hanging by a cord in a storeroom. Said his father: "I believe Tommy had been reading in the papers about the Xiirnberg hangings and was staging a hanging himself...
Omitted from TIME'S excellent account of the visit were the names of Brushface's pretty guides, Nancy Haman and Doris Dickinson, whose smiles kept Krause happy and decorated scores of photographs...
...Angriff version of Esther was labeled The Tale of a King and His Jewish Girl Friend. It told how King Ahasuerus of Persia was lured into marriage by the Jewess Esther, how she persuaded him to banish the Jew-baiting Vizier Haman, and thus saved the Persian Jews from massacre. Adding details not found in the original, Der Angriff related that the King was later murdered and his kingdom, "infected and poisoned by Jews," finally went to pieces...
...Manhattan last week, reported Mrs. David B. Greenberg, national chairman of "Youth Aliyah," an immigration service sponsored in the U. S. by Hadassah, Women's Zionist Organization. Mrs. Greenberg was pleased to see Hadassah- Biblical name of Esther, Jewish queen and nemesis of the Persian plotter Haman-on the Nazi list. Said she: "Any Jewish girl should be proud to bear...
...give us a penny and send us off.") The custom of Mishloach Monos (gifts to friends and to the poor) introduced a messenger called the Shalach Monos Tregger who carries the gifts from house to house. Today many a Jewish family celebrates Purim by giving a jolly party, eating Haman Taschen (poppyseed cakes) and reading the Megillath (scroll) of Esther. Children like it because whenever the name of Haman is mentioned they may drown it out by shouting, stamping their feet, whistling and whirling a noisy rattle...