Word: purim
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...administration revoked permission Thursday to allow a Christian group called "MIT Seekers" to sponsor a Purim celebration in cooperation with "Jews for Jesus," a group of Christian Jews based in New York. The administration cancelled the celebration in response to complaints from MIT Hillel, a Jewish group, and students and faculty who criticized "Jews for Jesus," Giffone said. Hillel called the group a "proselytising organization" which does not belong at MIT, Rabbi Dan Shevitz, director of MIT Hillel, said Friday...
...band is tight, but the intricate mini-fugues and pompous fanfares that highlight the horns still sound gratuitous. The vocal sections are disappointing; Chick's voice lines are difficult, and Gayle Moran has the training but not the panache to sing them convincingly (where O where is Flora Purim?). Bassist Stanley Clarke cannot sing well--and on this date he sounds like he has both a head cold and a bad case of stage fright. The banal lyrics don't help matters...
Back in the shelter, the kibbutzniks keep their children busy with games and laughter and songs. The small children dance and sing songs for Purim, which is only two days away. Meanwhile, the leaders nervously tap their fingers and study their wrist watches, trying not to show their fear...
...Begin took time out to celebrate Purim, the Jewish holiday that recalls Queen Esther's success in preventing a massacre of Jews' in Persia. Yarmulke on his head, he sat next to a rabbi at the Israeli ambassador's residence and chanted the Hebrew text from an antique scroll...
...Flora Purim--Harvard Square...