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A boy, dressed as a Jewish high priest, plays with his toy pistol during the traditional Purim holiday, through the streets of the mainly ultra-Orthodox Mea Sharim neighborhood in Jerusalem Wednesday March 15, 2006. Purim is a celebration of the Jews' salvation from genocide in ancient Persia, as recounted in the Scroll of Esther.(KEYSTONE/AP Photo/Oded Balilty)