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Series S1664, Florida Folk Festival Fieldwork and Program Planning and Documentation Files, 1990: Folklife Area-Ethnic Celebrations-Slides ; Box 2, FF1
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Subject Term
Calendar rites
Sacred festivals, Jewish
Practices
Community rites--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Festivals, Events, and Conferences
Celebrations--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Belief and custom
Customs
Religious customs
Religious traditions
Ethnicity, Israeli
Fasts and feasts--Judaism
Purim
Costume
Children--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Jews--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Jewish children--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Manners and customs
Recreation--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Festivals--Florida--Duval County--Jacksonville
Children's costumes
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Physical Description
General Note
The Purim festival commemorates the triumph of the Jewish Queen Esther and her uncle, Mordecai, over Haman, the wicked prime minister who tried to have all the Jews in ancient Persia killed. The Megillah is the scroll of Esther, which tells the story.

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Chicago Manual of Style
Saltzman, Riki, Collector. Children in Purim costume at Temple Etz Chaim Hebrew Day School - Jacksonville, Florida. 1989. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. <https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/110958>, accessed 26 September 2023.
MLA
Saltzman, Riki, Collector. Children in Purim costume at Temple Etz Chaim Hebrew Day School - Jacksonville, Florida. 1989. State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory. Accessed 26 Sep. 2023.<https://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/110958>
AP Style Photo Citation
(State Archives of Florida/Saltzman)
