Ansky’s 1916 play titled Dybbuk. The play is about a young Hasidic woman who becomes possessed by the spirit of her dead lover, and Landau’s salt-encrusted gown is a replica of the one worn in ...

Apparently, Qamar had been possessed by the spirit – or dybbuk – of her late husband Nissim Ben Bunya while engaged to, or just married with, Joseph Moses Ben Sarah. In the prayer, Joseph and the rest ...