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Jerusalem Diaries with Judy Lash Balint

When Purim Met the Pope

4 March 2023

VOI's Judy Lash Balint reminisces about Shushan Purim in Jerusalem of 2000, when Pope John Paul II was in town. It's a virtual tour of the streets of the walled city that celebrates Purim a day after the rest of the world.

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