Esther's Book

Esaias Baitel

Sweden / 2004 / Documentary / 15’0”I0501599

Esther's Book
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SYNOPSIS

Esther saved Jewish people from extermination while in the Babylonian captivity. The Jewish holiday Purim commemorates their miraculous rescue. For fifteen years Esaias Baitel has photographed the celebration in the ultra-Orthodox neighborhoods in Jerusalem.

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