Once again Israel is surrounded by turmoil. As Purim approaches the 

following meditation can be our guide to sanity and common sense 

wisdom in the complex and dangerous neighborhood called the Middle East. Translated by Philip Birnbaum from the Daily Prayer Book and read on Purim for generations, these verses continue to be a source of faith and endurance to Jewish people everywhere. Read it and my comments at.... 

 

Who is hiding whose face from whom this Purim?