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Beth David Synagogue students Amanda Fleischer as Queen Esther, left, Yoni Halpern as the clown, Jeremy Silver as Haman and Yoni Schumacher as King Ac(...)
Beth David Synagogue students Amanda Fleischer as Queen Esther, left, Yoni Halpern as the clown, Jeremy Silver as Haman and Yoni Schumacher as King Ac(...)

Beth David Synagogue students Amanda Fleischer as Queen Esther, left, Yoni Halpern as the clown, Jeremy Silver as Haman and Yoni Schumacher as King Ac(...)

Date3/12/1992
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Original Toronto Star caption: Beth David Synagogue students Amanda Fleischer as Queen Esther; left; Yoni Halpern as the clown; Jeremy Silver as Haman and Yoni Schumacher as King Achashvarosh are in costume to act out a Purim play. The festival marks the deliverance of the Jews from a massacre by Haman in Persia in 450 B.C.
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CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0013246F
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