This month on the podcast we’re talking about the bomb threats to JCCs, and Queen Esther beauty pageants–a fascinating, inclusive and problematic chapter in Zionist history.
Further reading
JCC Bomb threats
Bomb Threats to Jewish Community Centers and Organizations By Ken Schwencke and Al Shaw, for ProPublica
All 100 senators urge swift action to stop threats against Jewish facilities By Ted Barrett, for CNN
Queen Esther beauty pageants
Teaching Megillat Esther by Deborah Kalpper in the Times of Israel
From Passive to Active- Esther as a Role Model by Atara Segal for The Eden Center
Searching for Hebrew Beauty: The Queen Esther Competitions, 1926–1929 by Nina S. Spiegel
A Cinderella Story
Endorsements
Zahava recommends Remember That We Suffered from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on CW.
Mimi recommends the old TV show Kings, which aired on NBC in 2009, and the Book of Ecclesiastes.
Tamar recommends the book The Fortunate Ones by Ellen Umansky, and the niggunim of Joey Weisenberg, in particular Lincoln’s Nign.
