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The timing of Israel's attack on Iran was not a coincidence.

JL;DR SUMMARY Bob Goldberg explores the symbolic timing of Israel's military action against Iran just before the Jewish holiday of Purim, aligning it with the themes of Shabbat Zachor and the remembrance of Amalek, the Biblical archetype of Jewish enemies. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish HistoryZionismIranPurimJewish SovereigntyAmalekMegillat EstherPolitical StrategyParashat Zachor

Places mentioned

Israel
"There is a reason Israel chose the Shabbat before Purim to strike the Iranian regime."
Iran
"Israel chose the Shabbat before Purim to strike the Iranian regime."
Przysucha, Mazovia, Poland
"Rabbi Simcha, the second Grand Rabbi of Peshischa (Przysucha, Poland)"
Shush, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, Iran
"The Purim story begins with Jews in Shushan (a major ancient city in modern-day Iran)"

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