A holiday for believers and skeptics

Polls often present a false choice: you either believe in God, or you don’t. But belief is more complex. The Jewish holiday of Purim, celebrated March 13-14, embodies this tension. It is considered holier than Yom Kippur, yet it’s a story of survival where God is never mentioned, and no overt miracles occur. It is based on the Book of Esther, found in the Jewish and Christian Bibles. Scholars say&nbs