Musings: Itay Cohen’s Purim
Working on the pre-edit for Your Shot’s Daily Dozen means sifting through thousands of photos—every single image uploaded to our photo community. Occasionally I notice themes or long-term projects that some of our members are working on. In the case of Itay Cohen, it was his recent work with the ultra-Orthodox community in Jerusalem really piqued my interest. He covered Purim, a Jewish holiday celebrated with festivities and costumes which commemorates a story from the Biblical Book of Esther. According to this story, Jewish people were saved from a plot to exterminate them 2,500 years ago under the Persian Empire. Purim is celebrated in accordance with the Jewish calendar. This year it began at sundown on March 14th