History of Purim

Purim ( , ) is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the saving of the Jewish people by Queen Esther from annihilation at the hands of an official of the Achaemenid Empire named Haman, as it is recounted in the Book of Esther.

German publisher, Nazi politician and convicted war criminal (1885-1946)

thumb|Esther Before Ahasuerus (Tintoretto)|Esther Before Ahasuerus (1547–48), [[Tintoretto, Royal Collection.]]

mass shooting committed by American-Israeli Baruch Goldstein

Israeli artist (1895-1976)

German rebel