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Spokane Chabad to celebrate “Purim in Paris”

By: Tracy Simmons

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March 2, 2015

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Chabad of Spokane County is inviting the Spokane area community to join them in a Purim event on March 5.

“Purim in France” is a way to celebrate Purim in solidarity with the French Jewish community, according to an announcement.

Purim is a holiday commemorating the deliverance of the Jews by Queen Esther from a massacre plotted by the Persian vizier Haman. It’s typically celebrate by dressing in colorful costumes and with humorous skits.

The Chabad event will include French cuisine, arts and crafts, a Klezmer band, face painting, a multimedia Megliah reading and a caricaturist.

“Purim in France” will be from 5-7 p.m., March 5, at the Women’s Club of Spokane, 1428 W. 9th. Cost is $15. RSVP by calling (509) 443-0770 or by emailing rabbi@jewishspokane.org.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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