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Purim 2021

by Shoshana Flax
Feb 25, 2021 | Filed in Features & Opinion

The persistent Shoshana Flax's 2021 Purim celebration...

The pandemic persisted:

But so did we:

Happy Purim!

For more on the Purim story and the "persistent" Queen Esther see the Guide/Reviews Database subject search Holidays--Purim. Also read Heidi Rabinowitz and Sadaf Siddique's Horn Book Magazine article "We Need Diverse Jewish and Muslim Books: A Conversation" and visit the Association of Jewish Libraries' website.

Shoshana Flax

Shoshana Flax, associate editor of The Horn Book Magazine, is a former bookseller and holds an MFA in Writing for Children from Simmons University. She is a current member of the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award committee, and has served on the Sydney Taylor Book Award committee.

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