Palestine Purim Video

Narrated by Yaakov Gross, this footage of early 1930s Palestine — borrowed from the Spielberg Film Archives and the Jerusalem Cinematheque Archives — shows Purim like you’ve never seen it before.
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Of course, JTA loved covering a good old fashioned Palestine Purim parade.

Here are the accompanying Purim-related articles from 1932-1934 in the JTA Archive (1932-1934):

http://archive.jta.org/article/1932/03/26/2793480/purim-carnival-brings-crowds-from-all-over-palestine-to-tel-aviv-thousands-of-arabs-from-jaffa-vicinity-and-hundreds-of-tourists-from-abroad-join-in-tableaux-satirise-immigration-position-in-palestine

http://archive.jta.org/article/1933/03/14/2798755/gay-celebration-of-purim-in-tel-aviv-10000-arabs-participate

http://archive.jta.org/article/1934/03/04/2807713/tel-aviv-celebrates-twentyfifth-year

http://archive.jta.org/article/1934/03/04/2807715/the-week-in-review

http://archive.jta.org/article/1934/03/05/2807773/palestine-youth-riotsin-telaviv-purim-evening