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Students of the Poniewież yeshiva, 1926

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Warsaw, Poland

Students of the Poniewież yeshiva in a Purim play, 1926. The yeshiva was founded in 1909 at the initiative of rabbi Rabinowicz. After 1919 it became the largest religious school for boys in Lithuania. One of the boys is dressed up as Esther, a key figures in the Purim story.

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  • Title: Students of the Poniewież yeshiva, 1926
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews

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