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Purim Story
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Illustrated folk depiction of the story of Purim by Moshe Mizrachi (Jerusalem: Monsohn, 1902). The top panels depict the villain of the story, Haman, leading the hero Mordechai on a horse and the…

Contributor:

Moshe Mizrachi

Places:

Jerusalem, Ottoman Palestine (Jerusalem, Israel)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Purim, Piety, Jewish identity, Holidays, Aesthetics

Categories:

Cartooning & graphic art, Fiction
Illustration in three horizontal and one vertical panel, depicting figures on horseback, a king, a row of soldiers in chains, and a man hanging.
The Runaway Latkes
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Illustrations from Leslie Kimmelman’s children’s book, The Runaway Latkes, illustrated by Paul Yalowitz. This Hanukkah story describes latkes that come to life and escape their oily fate. 

Contributor:

Leslie Kimmelman, Paul Yalowitz

Places:

Date:

2000

Subjects:

Food and drink, Holidays, Hanukkah, Humor

Categories:

Children & young adult literature, Fiction
Drawing of people on a hill waving their arms as two round objects roll away smiling and English text along the bottom about latkes rolling toward the river.