PURIM

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=110 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="039f0f21egerdp.jpg"> <div> <B>PURIM</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=210 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="038f2f02egerdp.jpg"> <div> <A HREF="lecture_teaching.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Lecture/Teaching Topics for Adults"><U><B>Lecture/Teaching Topics for Adults</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id65.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Teenager Education Topics "><U><B>Teenager Education Topics</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FESTIVALS"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Festivals</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SLICHOT"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">S'lichot</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CHANUKAH"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Chanukah</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id23.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="SHAVUOT"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Shavuot</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id43.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="YOM haSHOAH and KRISTALLNACHT"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Yom haShoah</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id15.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Contact JEWISH VOICES"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Contact JEWISH VOICES</B></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Jewish Voices 200 Years of Jewish Poetry"><U><B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Wing0a73007700f099000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Home</B></U></A></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=370 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="03bf0f03.jpg"> <div> <I><B> </B></I><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#990033" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>Purim: Dropping the Mask, Being Jewish and Oneself</B></I></FONT></div> <div>   </div> <div>      In some striking and unusual works, Jewish poets, male as well as female, use the figure of Esther to write about dropping disguises and finding their authentic voices amidst danger and hostility. They remind us that this comic celebration for children (of all ages!) occurs in the face of potential genocide.</div> <div>       </div> <div>      Against contexts of assimilation and conversion, the poets ask: What does it signify to speak as a Jew, without disguise?  </div> <bR> <div>      19th and 20th century readings from <I><B>Rebekah Hyneman, E. Yancey Cohen, Peter Michelson, Karen Gersho</B></I><I><B>n</B></I>, and others. </div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>