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Re:The Book of Esther and the Jewish Festival Purim by fusiongyro on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:15PM (#13880361)
Yeah, but orthodox Jews are like 10% of Jews.

As a conservative Jew, I think this view is a minority position amongst all the liberal movements.

Re:The Book of Esther and the Jewish Festival Purim by relics443 on Wednesday March 15, 2017 @06:23PM (#13880428)
True.

I was mostly stating that in regards to the viewpoint of orthodox Jews as espoused in the GP.

My main point was that it is not an idea that came about in the 20th century.