The cast of a Purim play staged by the Sephardic Community in New York
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Costumed group in Brno (Czech Republic). Date unknown. Leo Baeck Institute.
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La Toilette d’Esther. Neilson, Jacques de Troy, Jean Francois Gobelins. Tapestry from the 2nd half of the 18th century. Gobelins, France. YU Museum.
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Chag Purim!–Exploring the Collections for the Holiday
by David P. Rosenberg, M.P.A., Senior Reference Librarian – Collections, Center for Jewish History
Purim is the joyous holiday that “marks the period Jews were barely snatched from the hangman’s noose,” as it is explained in Jayne…