They’re Gonna Try to Kill Us Again; Let’s Be Joyful Anyway
3 min readFeb 5, 2021
What’s this next Jewish holiday about? It’s what they’re all about: They tried to kill us. We survived. Let’s eat.
The upcoming holiday of Purim has an even stronger message of resilience, though. In fact, we begin to anticipate it, practicing our capacity for joy in the face of tragedy and resilience despite historical trauma, as soon as we enter the Hebrew month…