The Rite to Be Reckless: On the Perpetration and Interpretation of Purim Violence

Horowitz, Elliott

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“…Jews have traditionally accompanied this feast with boisterous festivities, rowdiness, and the burning of anti-Jewish figures in effigy. 45 Elliott Horowitz has documented how Purim revelry by Israeli settlers in Hebron has repeatedly led to anti-Palestinian violence, culminating in the massacre of Palestinian worshippers by a settler in a disputed sacred site in the heart of Hebron in February 1994. 46 The perpetrator, Baruch Goldstein, timed his killing spree at the Cave of the Patriarchs to coincide with both the month of Ramadan, when he knew the site would be crowded with Muslim worshippers, and Purim.…”

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Sacred Time and Conflict Initiation

Hassner¹

2011

Security Studies

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This article examines the manner in which rituals and symbols associated with sacred time have influenced conflict initiation. Leaders will time their attacks with sacred dates in the religious calendar if the force multiplying effects of sacred time, motivation, and vulnerability, outweigh its force dividing effects, constraint, and outrage. This is most likely to occur under three conditions: When conflict occurs across religious divides, when the sacred day is unambiguous in significance and meaning, and when rituals connected to that day will undermine an opponents' military effectiveness. I illustrate these effects with twentieth century examples, including the timing of insurgent attacks in Iraq and the launching of the 1973 Arab-Israeli War. By exploring the pervasive effects of religious calendars on modern combat, I hope to redirect the focus of the study of religion and violence away from the narrow preoccupation with fundamentalism and terrorism and onto the much broader range of cases in which religion shapes secular conflict in multiple-and often unexpected-ways.

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Sacred Time and Conflict Initiation

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2011

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“…Alfonso X mentions that if these incidents turned out to be true in his kingdom, the Jews who carried them out would be executed. He also orders the Jews to stay behind close doors on Good Friday [25, 40,[86][87][88][89] (In 408 Theodosius II forbade the Jews from burning a figure like Haman on Purim, as it was understood to be mockery on the Crucifixion. [86][87][88][89]).…”

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“…He also orders the Jews to stay behind close doors on Good Friday [25, 40,[86][87][88][89] (In 408 Theodosius II forbade the Jews from burning a figure like Haman on Purim, as it was understood to be mockery on the Crucifixion. [86][87][88][89]). Elliot Horowitz discusses at length cases in which Jews were accused of mocking the cross, and testimonies of such actions appear in Jewish texts [90][91][92].…”

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