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Purim is a holiday about transformation. It’s a night for noisemaking, rule-breaking and an end to business as usual. 

Purim invites us to rethink what is possible. Rather than accepting our fate or the status quo, Purim encourages us to radically reimagine new paths forward, including how we tell our own story and the ways that storytelling can create real, tangible change.

In this sense Purim and journalism have a lot in common. Telling our stories is part of how anyone invents and recasts their identity, and it’s how all of us together make meaning out of what’s happening in the world.

The Forward has been telling the stories of American Jewish communities for more than 120 years. Telling these stories allows them to be included in the national conversation, and that’s part of how real change happens. If you support the transformative power of storytelling, make a donation to The Forward today.

This is why The Forward is so important. It is a platform where we can tell our stories, understand our history, and write our future in new and evolving ways.

And today, with fears of coronavirus spreading through our communities, The Forward's reporting is more important than ever, providing updates in real time. 

This Purim, raise a glass, wear a costume, wash your hands and celebrate transformation through the power of our stories by making a donation to The Forward.

We’ll be celebrating tonight and hope you will be too! Happy Purim!

The Forward team