Posted on 03/18/2003 1:55:49 PM PST by Cinnamon Girl
An Israeli boy identified only as Niv, 7, dressed up as an American soldier for the Jewish holiday of Purim, looks on holding onto a gas mask kit with other Israelis, in a gas mask distribution center in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 18, 2003. The military asked Israelis on Tuesday to prepare sealed rooms in their homes in case of an Iraqi chemical-weapons attack. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi)
God bless the land of Israel, her people, and Jews everywhere. And I pray that America remains Israel's staunchest ally.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers...
---Deuteronomy 7: 6-8
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| Tue Mar 18, 3:50 PM ET |
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A man wearing a Saddam Hussein (news - web sites) mask and outfit stands on a street corner as costumed children pass by in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn in New York Tuesday March 18, 2003. The largely Jewish neighborhood was filled with costumed children and adults as they celebrated the Jewish holiday Purim.(AP Photo/Tina Fineberg) |
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| Tue Mar 18,12:46 PM ET |
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish man and a child receive gas masks in order to be prepared in case of an attack on Israel, at an gas mask distribution center in Jerusalem, March 18, 2003. Israelis have stepped up preparations for a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites), which some fear may coincide this week with Purim, a Jewish festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a general massacre. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen |
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| Tue Mar 18,12:51 PM ET |
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A boy dressed up as Spiderman for the Jewish holiday of Purim rests on his gas mask kit as others wait outside a gas mask distribution center in Tel Aviv, Tuesday, March 18, 2003. The military asked Israelis on Tuesday to prepare sealed rooms in their homes in case of an Iraqi chemical-weapons attack. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi) |
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| Tue Mar 18,12:06 PM ET |
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Israeli youth dance in the street in the suburb of Holon just south of Tel Aviv, Israel, during the annual Purim parade Tuesday, March 18, 2003. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the saving of the Jews from genocide in Persia. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) |
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| Tue Mar 18,10:03 AM ET |
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An Ultra-Orthodox Jewish woman and a child receive gas masks in preparation for a possible attack on Israel by Iraq (news - web sites), at a gas mask distribution centre in Jerusalem, March 18, 2003. Israelis have stepped up preparations for a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq, which some fear may coincide this week with Purim, a Jewish festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a general massacre. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen |
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| Mon Mar 17, 9:13 PM ET |
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Israeli patriot missiles are driven towards the northern Israeli through the city of Haifa March 18, 2003. Israelis have stepped up preparations for a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites), which some fear may coincide this week with Purim, a Jewish festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a general massacre. (ARCHIVE OUT) REUTERS/Baz Rattner |
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| Mon Mar 17, 1:09 PM ET |
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Israeli girls dressed up for the Jewish holiday of Purim pause next to an exhibition displays cones painted by passers-by representing Iraqi Scud missiles in Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, Monday, March 17, 2003. Israeli officials have said the risk of an Iraqi missile attack is low, but has told citizens to renew gas masks and prepare equipment to seal rooms. (AP Photo/Eitan Hess-Ashkenazi) |
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An ultra Orthodox Jew looks for Purim's holiday accessories near a mask depicting President Bush (news - web sites) in a shop of Jerusalem's ultra Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood, Monday, March 17, 2003. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the saving of the Jews from genocide in Persia. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) |
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| Mon Mar 17,11:38 AM ET |
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A young girl, standing between two uUltra Orthodox Jews, picks up a candy box from a street shop in Jerusalem's ultra Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood, Monday, March 17, 2003. The Jewish holiday of Purim commemorates the saving of the Jews from genocide in Persia. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito) |
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| Sun Mar 16, 2:04 PM ET |
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An Israeli girl dressed up as a queen for the Jewish costume holiday of Purim takes a time-out from the festivities to try on a gas mask at a distribution center in Jerusalem, March 16, 2003. Israelis have stepped up preparations for a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites), which some fear may coincide this week with Purim, a Jewish festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a general massacre. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen |
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| Sun Mar 16,12:52 PM ET |
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An Ultra-Orthodox man looks at masks depticting Israeli politicians in Jerusalem's Ultra-Orthodox Mea Shearim neighborhood, Sunday, March 16, 2003. Masks will be used by people celebrating Purim, a Jewish holiday commemorating the saving of Jews from genocide in Persia. (AP Photo/Brian Hendler) |
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| Sun Mar 16, 9:52 AM ET |
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An Israeli mother and son, dressed up for the Jewish costume holiday of Purim, take time out from the festivities to change their gas masks at a distribution center in Jerusalem, March 16, 2003. Israelis have stepped up preparations ahead of a possible U.S.-led war on Iraq (news - web sites), which some fear may coincide this week with Purim, a Jewish festival that commemorates the deliverance of the Persian Jews from a general massacre. REUTERS/Gil Cohen Magen |
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| Sun Mar 16,10:51 AM ET |
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An unidentifed Palestinian woman gestures to an Israeli border police officer as her son, inside the vehicle, is taken away in the West Bank town West Bank town of Hebron, Sunday, March 16, 2003. Israel has sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip (news - web sites), barring Palestinians from entering Israel until further notice for fear that militants are planning to launch attacks over the Jewish holiday of Purim, which starts on Tuesday. Reasons of the arrest are unknown. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyouki) |
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| Sun Mar 16,10:22 AM ET |
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An unidentified Palestinian is taken into an Israeli army vehicle as he is arrested by an Israeli border police officer in the West Bank town of Hebron, Sunday, March 16, 2003. Israel has sealed off the West Bank and Gaza Strip (news - web sites), barring Palestinians from entering Israel until further notice for fear that militants are planning to launch attacks over the Jewish holiday of Purim, which starts on Tuesday. Reasons of the arrest are unknown. (AP Photo/Nasser Shiyouki) |
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| Sun Mar 16, 9:10 AM ET |
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A Palestinian man has a dispute with Israeli soldiers trying to pass the Kubsa checkpoint at east Jerusalem, March 16, 2003. Israeli security forces are preparing for the upcoming Purim holiday, deploying thousands of police officers, soldiers and volunteers in crowded areas around the country, Israel Radio reported. REUTERS/Mahfouz Abu Turk |
I understand the Purim celebration, but I don't connect the costuming with the event/celebration.
To me, it looks like halloween.
As a Christian with very strong beliefs aginst such satan-like act(s)/ing, (trickery/deception [Yea, hath God said]), Evil characterization, (until recently, a devil costume was about tied with the skeletin costume in popularity/sales) ...
and a bunch of etcetera's.
So 'splain please ... what's with the costumes?
(Flame if any will, it won't change my mind ... it is not harmless fun (halloween)
For that matter why point it out at all? Seems to me Reuters is trying to establish a subconscious conflation of all devout Jews with their most extremist fringe. Disgraceful.
-ccm
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