An illustration and poem from a children’s newspaper showing a Purim procession in Tel Aviv, printed in Warsaw in Hebrew on March 8, , 1936. The poem was written by Anda Pinkerfeld Amir (1902-1981), an Israeli poet and author who lived in Tel Aviv at the time, and describes the streets of Tel Aviv during the Adloyada (Purim parade) and the festive carnival atmosphere in the city. She depicts the costumes which are all of animals: "tigers and lions, donkeys and camels, rabbits and deer, and even me, the bear." Above the poem is an illustration of the Adloyada. The artist's name does not appear, and it is possible that the illustration was taken from another source (particularly as it shows the date to be Purim 5693 [1933]).
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Adloyada - The Adloyada tradition began in 1912 in the early days of Tel Aviv. In the 1930s, it was decided that each Adloyada should have a theme; the theme here being the zoo, as is apparent from the poem. The Adloyada tradition died out during World War II but was renewed in 1955. At the end of the 1960s, the parade was moved from Tel Aviv to the neighbouring city of Holon.
Olami Hakatan - The poem was printed in the newspaper Olami HaKatan , a Zionist children's newspaper that was published in Warsaw from 1936-1939. The newspaper concentrated on events in Eretz Israel, central Zionist figures, and Hebrew culture. The entire newspaper was written in Hebrew and included stories, songs, jokes, and letters.
