Children dressed in costume, standing outside of Temple Emmanuel. Purim is a religious holiday that celebrates the defeat of Haman, the Persian minister who plotted the annihilation of the Persian Jews. It is a holiday marked by re-enactments of the story and subversive merry-making.
Created:
1940?
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Mount Zion Temple children participate in dramatic group, part of the cultural arts program, acting out an Uncle Remus story, "We've Got De Mopes". Included in the photograph: Laura Lee Auge, Roger Harris, Nancy Rosenblum, and Cheryl Pace.
Created:
1960
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Nathan and Theresa Berman Upper Midwest Jewish Archives.
Children wearing a variety of traditional ethnic costumes play with each other for an informal photograph at the International Institute of Los Angeles.
Creator:
Stanart Photo, Los Angeles, Calif.
Created:
1964
Contributed By:
University of Minnesota Libraries, Immigration History Research Center Archives.