WASHINGTON – The powerful religious symbolism packed into a speech by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to U.S. Congress would have been self-evident even to someone lacking training in Jewish theology.That’s because he made sure to point it out near the beginning.He reminded the American politicians in the room, not to mention the Israeli audience back home about to vote in an election in two weeks, that his long-anticipated address coincided with the festival of Purim.That’s the two-day holiday where Jews celebrate the story of Esther — the biblical hero who learned of a plot by the Persian viceroy Haman …read more
Source: National Newswatch
