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For the second time, a judge has rejected a bid by Chestermere's fired mayor and council to get a court injunction on their dismissals.

For the second time, a judge has rejected a bid by Chestermere's fired mayor and council to get a court injunction on their dismissals.

Fired Chestermere mayor Jeff Colvin and ousted councillors are awaiting a court decision that could see them thrust back into office.

30 shares Puppets of Mordechai and Hitler made by Nechama Mayer-Hirsch in 1951. (Courtesy of the Jewish Historical Museum of Amsterdam via JTA) JTA — When she was 10 years old, Nechama Mayer-Hirsch sat down to make puppets for a Purim spiel and crafted one of the man responsible for her father’s murder. The puppet version of Adolf Hitler wasn’t Mayer-Hirsch’s favorite from the set she produced for the Purim theater show in 1951. That designation went to Queen Esther, the heroine who foils the planned murder of Persia’s Jews by Haman, an official who ends up getting executed by...

(JTA) — When she was 10 years old, Nechama Mayer-Hirsch sat down to make puppets for a Purim spiel and crafted one of the man responsible for her father’s murder. The puppet version of Adolf Hitler wasn’t Mayer-Hirsch’s favorite from the set she produced for the Purim theater show in 1951. That designation went to Queen Esther, the heroine who foils the planned murder of Persia’s Jews by Haman, an official who ends up getting executed by hanging by his master King Ahasuerus. But it was the most unusual. Rather than portraying Haman with his trademark three-pointed hat...