Purim is a holiday celebrating the rescue of the Jews from extermination at the hands of Hayman, the chief minister to the King of Persia. It is day of put-ons, jokes, and theatricality, and children perform plays about how Esther and Mordechi outwit Hayman.
Created:
1930
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Part of a series of radio programs on post-war problems, sponsored by the Key Center of War Information and the Department of Speech, broadcast over radio station WLB, January 25, 1943 - July 1, 1946
Creator:
University of Minnesota. Radio Station KUOM
Contributor:
Anderson, John E.; Monachesi, Elio; Harris, Dale B.; Vold, George
Created:
1943-04-28
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, University Archives.