Purim Pictures Part One

Purim was an all week party here...no seriously, Jerusalemites love to party and a holiday that commands one to "drink until you don't know the difference between Haman and Mordechi" is right up their alley. Or as my friend Mel says, "Ad-DeLow- Yodeah" Until DeLowe knows.

So Monday night, my friend Matt and all of us on the Ride4Reform team had a fundraiser/pre-Purim Party entitled, "Matt gets by with a little help from his friends." Matt has written a bunch of new music this year that he wanted to play for people- so there was a concert, dinner cooked by Rachael, drinks made by Nathaniel, a Purim Shpeal written and performed by a few of us and lots of Matt's friends who performed with him.

The first picture is of the shpeal- Howie is playing a first year and is holding a sign that says "I'm a First Year at HUC- everything is perfect and I trust the process" and I'm leading "faux" services. We got lots of laughs.

Next is me performing-- I played "What do you hear in these sounds?" by Dar Williams-- i love that song. Sean taped the whole show, so soon I will have an MP3 if you want to have a listen.

Next is David Segal as the real Texan inside him.

Finally, Matt and Jen- perhaps the most adorable couple in the world singing Babylon. Can I hear an awwwwww?

After the show, a bunch of us went to Shushan, an appropriately named club off BY street for a little Purim fun. There was drinking, dancing and a whole lot of Purim festivities. Certainly a night to remember.

Part two to come...