15-03-2025
Yeshiva Academy celebrates Purim in Longmeadow with live music and performances
LONGMEADOW, Mass. (WWLP) – The Lubavitcher Yeshiva Academy in Longmeadow continued its celebrations of the Jewish holiday, Purim.
The community came together to commemorate the Jewish people of Persia being saved from persecution over 2,000 years ago.
They celebrated the holiday with an 80's-style New York deli dinner and live music, a costume contest, and a performance from students who attend the school. This day also remembers Queen Esther, a Jewish woman who risked her life to save her people.
But 22News spoke with the Rabbi Noach Kosofsky about how we are seeing history repeat itself.
'2,500 years ago, there were people trying to wipe out the Jews, antisemitism,' he says. 'And guess what? Right here today, 2025, again, we see the terrorists taking poor Jewish people, infants, adults, women.'
The Rabbi adds that this day is about staying strong as a Jewish nation. In addition to dressing up and eating a large meal, they also celebrate Purim by giving food gifts to their friends and giving money to the less fortunate. The story of Esther's role in saving the Jewish nation so many centuries ago has been passed down from generation to generation as families celebrate the joyous holiday of Purim.
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