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How well do you know Purim? Test your knowledge with this diabolical quiz

By Forward Staff

News

‘Nobody can protect you,’ Columbia dean warns foreign students after Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest

By Arno Rosenfeld

FAST FORWARDS

Brief items of the News and the Schmooze

Yiddish Word of the Day

Liquor
In light of the Purim story's King Ahaseurus, who sages say was often drunk, here's how to talk about booze in Yiddish.

Opinion

I’m a rabbi. Here’s why I’m boycotting the megillah reading for Purim this year

By Elizheva Hurvich

Opinion

I grew up under a terrifying authoritarian regime. Mahmoud Khalil’s arrest is right out of their playbook

By Marianne Hirsch

 

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