Purim

The eternal debate: Latkes vs. hamentashen

adamg — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 09:31:02 -0500

The Tech reports on what was no doubt an epic battle of wits at MIT the other night:

... Leighton arranged two 9" by 10" triangular pastries into a 90 square inch rectangle, shifted them diagonally, and sliced off the protruding two trangular corners to form two new baby hamentashen.

If hamentashen can keep growing and reproducing, he said, their exponential growth could solve world hunger! Of course, you can't do the same with round latkes. "Latkes don't have sex," he said. "They are shredded potatoes!" ...

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March 5, 2009: Purim Costume Making with Keshet

Keshet18 — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:01:58 -0500

It’s time for everyone’s favorite Jewish drag holiday - PURIM! Embrace your inner fashion designer and create a fabulous costume. (Then join us at the Gragger Purim Party on March 21 to show off your new costume!)

Details:
Thursday, March 5, 7 - 9 pm
Workmen’s Circle, 1762 Beacon St., Brookline, MA

RSVP by March 4 to Elyssa at elyssa@keshetonline.org or 617-524-9227.

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The week's best argument on the Red Line

adamg — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:41:49 -0400

Purim or anime:

I said to the young man, "I'm terribly sorry...I didn't mean to start a war here...I don't want to go to work, with one black eye and limping into my cubicle, and have my boss ask me, 'What the hell happened to you?' and me telling her, 'I just was asking a simple question - Purim or Anime?'"