The Reform community in Bobruisk, Belarus celebrated Purim last week with its first Scroll of Esther. The megillah, believed to be the first donated to a Reform congregation in Belarus, was sent by the Hendon Reform Synagogue in London and is for the use of the entire Belarus Progressive movement.
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