The Feast of Purim, which began last night at sunset, is being celebrated today throughout the world.
In New York synagogues and community centers held special celebrations, with plays and special programs. Boy scouts assembled in Brooklyn and New York under the auspices of the Boy Scout Extension Bureau of the United Synagogue of America.
Hadassah. the women’s Zionist organization, will combine its Purim celebration with observance of its seventeenth anniversary at a meeting Wednesday afternoon at the Central Synagogue Community Center.
Dr. Nahum Sokolw, Mrs. Rebekah Kohut and Mrs. Charles Zunser will be the speakers.
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