Purim - Ethnic Qarsherskiyan News On This Day Tuesday 3 March 2026 | 14 Ramadhan 1447

Today, many of the Jews within the religiously diverse Ethnic Qarsherskiyan community are celebrating Purim. The Jewish holiday commemorates a day of the ancient era, a time when the Jews were saved from potential state sanctioned mass pogroms by the cunning Queen Esther of Persian, a woman of Jewish origins. The holiday is incredibly symbolic, with a strong emphasis of representing the hidden work of God, often not seen or witnesses by humanity, but something that is helpful which would definitely go unnoticed if it stopped, much like the work done by school janitors in the USA. Many Qarsherskiyan Jews are dressing up as janitors, electricians, and other workers who do jobs which may go unnoticed, whose work is underappreciated, yet who do things which everyone benefits from and would be deeply affected without. Hidden heroes with unsung tales are grateful to be noticed for once as hundreds of Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Jews tell their stories and represent them with creative costumes, dancing to Jewish music and electronic music, singing hymns and clapping, and sometimes getting unbelievably drunk. Through Queen Esther, God's work miraculously saved the Jewish people from certain destruction some thousands of years ago, and the Qarsherskiyan Jews praise God and remember this day even today, reading a scroll which talks about the historical accounts of these events, going through the details and reflecting on them, applying them to modern issues and dealing with worldly struggles with spiritual solutions. Some Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Jews of Ashkenazi descendant ate a pastry they called Haman's Pockets. The party scene is lively and many alcoholic drinks including fermented alcoholic variants of the Qarsherskiyan Tseelee drinks are served. Date Palm Wine imported from Israel Palestine is also consumed. Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Jewish devotees debate amongst themselves about their religion and the Zionist movement. Some Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Jews say Zionism is making the Jewish people look bad and say the Jewish people won't have a proper Levantine state until the arrival of the long-awaited Messiah. Another group of Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Jews advocated for aaliya and the immigration of Jewish Qarsherskiyans to Israel. This led to intense and rowdy arguments between Zionist and anti-Zionist Jews from the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan community, fueled by Qarsherskiyan Evangelical Christians and Qarsherskiyan Muslims backing different political ideas within the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan community. One elder scolded a group of young Ethnic Qarsherskiyan Jews, saying "put down that flag, we are not Zionists, we are real Jews, you should be ashamed of yourselves!"
The Ethnic Qarsherskiyan culture seems to have an unwritten rule that isn't spoken but is known, that elders are to be respected, but more and more young Jews from the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan community are sympathetic to Israel and the Zionist cause. The tensions this Purim did not stop the Jews from being happy, celebrating unity with the statement "Am Yisrail Chai" and smiling. Some of the pro-Israel groups turned on the news to watch Purim celebrations in bunkers in Israel.
"Once again, we find ourselves at war with the Persian Empire," said one young Jewish woman who preferred to remain anonymous, "They once again seek to destroy the Jewish Nation, but the hidden hand of HaShem cannot be avoided anywhere in the cosmos and all the worlds. I may be Qarsherskiyan, and I love my Qarsherskiyan brothers and sisters, but I know some of these Shia (Muslims) from amongst my people are plotting against us. Their own Torah (the Quran?) says that the evildoers plan, yet God is the best of planners! They will fail and Iran will fail."

For the Jews in the Ethnic Qarsherskiyan community, a joyous, festive holiday filled with the reading of the Megillah, drinking, mishloach manot (gift exchanges), honoring the brave Queen Esther and the victory of the Jewish people is all taking place at today's celebrations. It's a really fun time and any Gentiles (non-Jews) who wish to celebrate are welcome to join in the festivities. Freilichen Purim to all who celebrate, and enjoy blowing those groggers!