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Opinion: For one Ohio candidate, it was over before it was over

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Jewish men and children in Purim costumes celebrate in the Mea Shearim ultra-Orthodox neighbourhood in Jerusalem, on March 18, 2022. The Purim holiday is celebrated with parades and costume parties to commemorate the deliverance of the Jewish people from a plot to exterminate them in the ancient Persian empire 2,500 years ago, as recorded in the Biblical Book of Esther. Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Purim — a festive Jewish holiday with an ending often ignored

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