"Dice Day" is the 14th month of Adar, which falls in February or March. It is the commemoration of the salvation of the Jews in ancient Persia, thanks to the beautiful wife of King Ahasuerus, Esther, from the genocide plotted by Haman, one of the king's advisers. The story is recorded in Meghilat Ester (The Book of Esther).
Every year, Purim is celebrated with games, gifts and a masquerade ball and is an occasion of great joy.
The images illustrate the celebration over a century in Timișoara.
1909. Löwinger Sisters.
1932. Otto Schegerin, 7, and Zsuzsi Polacsek, 5
1936. Weiss families (pharmacist Tibor Weiss), Csányi (one of the owners of the Carlton hotel), Flesh
1930. Andrei Spira
1942. In the house of Hugo Kohn, industrialist
1942. Zvi Benedek with friends
1947. Anti Shlomo Katz (he did compulsory labor with Benedek)
1956. Daniela Herskovics at Yiddish Kindergarten
1956. Purim
1957. Sisters Agi and Judith Kohn (Cohen) , Miri, Iudit Stern, Kurti Plohn
1958. Duci and Iudit Cohen
1959. Purim Show to the Community.
1959. Purim Show to the Community. Screenplay written by Rabbi Dr. Ernest Neumann
1980. Erica Cohen Junger. Fabric Synagogue
1985. Children at the celebration of Purim
1986. Purim
1990. Rabbi Dr. Ernest Neumann at a Purim show
1990. Purim to the Community
