| Record ID: |
3701717 |
| Format: |
Regular Print Book |
| Physical description: |
xxxii, 525 pages : illustrations, music ; 23 cm. |
| Date acquired: |
August 15, 2018
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| More creator details: |
edited by Philip Goodman. |
| Series statement: |
The JPS holiday anthologies |
| Series title: |
JPS holiday anthologies. |
| General note: |
"A JPS classic"--front cover. |
| General note: |
"First Nebraska paperback printing: 2018"-- Title page verso. |
| Contents note: |
The story of Purim. The origin of Purim / Solomon Grayzel ; Special Purims ; Purim in many lands -- Purim in literature, art and music. Purim in the Bible ; Purim in post-biblical writings ; Purim in Talmud and Midrash ; Purim in Jewish law ; Purim in modern prose ; Purim in the short story ; Purim in poetry ; Purim in music / A.W. Binder ; The Esther story in art / Rachel Wischnitzer -- Purim for young people. Stories for Purim ; Poems for Purim -- Purim joy. Purim pranks ; The history of Purim parody in Jewish literature / Israel Davidson ; The history of Purim plays / Jacob Shatzky ; Purim curiosities ; Purim wit and humor ; Purim parties and programs / Libbie L. Braverman ; Purim dances ; Purim delicacies -- Commemoration of Purim. Purim in the synagogue -- Music supplement. Liturgical music ; Hebrew songs ; Yiddish songs ; English songs ; Parodies in English. |
| Contributor: |
Goodman, Philip, 1911-2016, editor.
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| Contributor: |
Jewish Publication Society, issuing body. |
