Monday, March 1, 2010

Purim

First of all Happy to be in the Month of March.

Purim is like Israel's version of Halloween. It was raining and hailing this weekend, which seemed to dampen this holiday. After walking around Jerusalem and seeing only a few people in costume I decided to try going to this Purim party event that had been promoted for the last week. The event must have been the only thing going on that night because the box office told me it was sold out and there was huge crowd in front of the entrance. As I was wondering how I was going to get in I saw a man dressed as a ballerina sprinting around the side of the building. I decided this was my ticket and followed. Sure enough someone was holding a side door open for him and I rushed in after him. Once the initial excitement of my entrance wore off and after walking though this grand theatre filled with too many people, garbage, cigarette smoke and bad techno... I decided to leave. I was inside this all night event a total of 17 minutes.
My roommate the next morning told me he didn't get in because the promoters over sold the event. I told him it likely wasn't that fun anyways.
The highlight of my night was seeing a street sign dedicated to rabbi Martin Luther King.

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