Sunday 8 March 2009

Purim

Tonight we were invited to a Purim celebration by Ari and Elise, two friends who shockingly live outside University Village! Purim is the Jewish holiday that celebrates the events of the Book of Esther (as Amir abbreviated it: "they tried to kill us, we won, let's eat").

The main ingredient of the night was hamantashen, a little pastry pocket filled with all sorts of nutty, chocolatey and jammy goodness. As with most food at these celebrations it's incredibly bad for you, and as usual no one cared.

There's also a tradition of dressing up a la Hallowe'en, but only Anat and Shauli decided to follow this by coming as each other. Anat seemed a little uncomfortable in a rugby top and jeans, but Shauli seemed strangely at home in a pink skirt and cashmere cardigan. He's at business school in San Francisco!



Interactive hamantashen baking.



Me and my first child, Logan.



Cinderella and her ugly sister.



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