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#Purim tomorrow around the world. (Friday in Jerusalem, Tiberias, Lod, Mosul?, Damascus?) 🤡🥳😊
How it was celebrated 160 y.a. in New York
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How it was celebrated 160 y.a. in New York
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#Purim tomorrow. How it was celebrated in Tel Aviv 85 years ago. 😊🥳🤡😍
Yemenite Jewish girl crowned as "Queen Esther."
Yemenite Jewish girl crowned as "Queen Esther."
#Purim tomorrow. How it was NOT celebrated by the American Colony. But its Drama Club and Book Club got into the spirit some 120 - 90 y.a.
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#Purim tomorrow. How it was NOT celebrated by the British Army in Palestine in 1918. Like the USO today, the Brits had a troupe of soldiers who presented comedy sketches to the troops. Note the "Fagin-like" character. That was no woman, but a soldier in drag.
#Purim tomorrow.
A rare video of Purim celebrations in Tel Aviv in the 1930s. Floats reflected the menacing threat of the Nazis. Restored by Yaakov Gross. /END
A rare video of Purim celebrations in Tel Aviv in the 1930s. Floats reflected the menacing threat of the Nazis. Restored by Yaakov Gross. /END
