Gift of Paulette Ruth Kipnes

Id no. 1999.P.38, Photograph

circa 1900, Ukraine, Odessa

Subject(s):  Ritual, Purim

Studio portrait of Scharapan in a fur trimmed costume, gloved hands holding a sheathed sword. During the Purim holiday Jews all over the world commemorate the victory of the Jews over Haman?s plot to destroy them, as recorded in the Book of Esther.