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PURIM
Parade, Party, Carnival to Mark Jewish Holiday
The District is marking the Jewish holiday of Purim with a parade today, a masquerade party tomorrow and a carnival Sunday.
On Purim, which is today, Jews are commanded to read the biblical Book of Esther, which tells the story of the Jews' triumph in ancient Persia over an enemy who plotted their destruction more than 2,000 years ago.
Ohev Sholom, an Orthodox synagogue in Northwest Washington, is organizing the parade, which starts at 1 p.m. on Bataan Street NW. Tomorrow night, the Kurlander Program for Gay & Lesbian Outreach and Engagement will hold a "masquerade and mischief" party for those 21 and older at the D.C. Jewish Community Center from 9 p.m. until midnight. On Sunday, the Sixth & I synagogue in Chinatown will hold "Esther Sunday" from 10:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Participants can make hamantaschen, the traditional Purim cookies, listen to songwriter Lisa Baydush and play carnival games.
-- Michelle Boorstein
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Emergency Worker Hurt by Hit-and-Run Driver
A worker with D.C. Fire and Emergency Medical Services was injured yesterday after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in Georgetown, authorities said.
The emergency worker was clipped by a blue Chrysler minivan in the 3300 block of Q Street about 2:30 p.m., police and fire officials said. The medic, who was not identified by authorities, was injured in the hip and leg and was taken to Washington Hospital Center, said Alan Etter, a fire department spokesman.
The worker was responding to a call at a home and had returned to the medic unit when the accident occurred, Etter said. Witnesses told authorities that the driver briefly stopped and then sped away, he said.
-- Clarence Williams
