As Purim is upon us in a few weeks, some Jews have already began planning - at least in thought- the course of their celebrations. However, while they will be taken by the festivities will they remember whose stories they will be praising?
Although Jews in the Persian Empire were once liberated from Haman’s plot to destroy them, today Iranian Jews live and pray in silence within the grip of a totalitarian regime. In fact one which - as we all know - has famously proclaimed its firm opposition to Israel. Even so, they bravely continue to practice their religion.
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