Purim 1917

International Women’s Day

has been observed since the early 1900s. This year is only the fifth time the date has aligned with Purim and the first since the establishment of the Jewish Women’s Archive, so we obviously had to address the significance. (For those who are curious, the date aligned previously in 1917,

Women's demonstration for bread and peace - March the 8th, 1917, Petrograd, Russia

1936, 1955, and 1974)