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It happened in the days of Ahasuerus—that Ahasuerus who reigned over a hundred and twenty-seven provinces from India to Ethiopia. In those days, when King Ahasuerus occupied the royal…

Places:

Land of Israel (Israel)

Date:

Persian–Hellenistic Period, 6th–3rd Century BCE

Subjects:

Purim, Diaspora, Women, Jewish identity, Humor

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Literature, Folklore
Relief with figures with hands bound standing next to larger figure along wall with relief of winged figure and Persian, Elamite, and Akkadian inscriptions.
Purim Eve, a One-Act Comedy
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Cast [in this passage]Abraham Levi: Rich merchantAneta: Abraham Levi’s wifeMax, Yosef, and Aron: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s sonsFrida and Klerchen: Abraham and Aneta Levi’s daughtersShmuel Natan: Zionis…

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Mordechai Monassowitz, Nissim Catalan

Places:

Ottoman Empire (Bulgaria, Bulgaria)

Date:

1902

Subjects:

Jewish identity, Zionism, Assimilation, Purim, Holidays

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Performing Arts, Theater/Drama