Purim Parties Across the Oy Bay Area

Purim is almost upon us, and I decided to put together a listing of all of the known Purim happenings this weekend. Oh, and marvel at Ah-Haman-inejad with his Hamantaschen ears. Someone, please give this man a Q-tip! And don’t forget, we are to fight Amalek in every generation…

• ISO Party TONIGHT. Stanford University, Lyman Atrium. 8:45 PM. Free.
• The JDate-sponsored South Bay Purim Masquerade Ball in Santa Clara. Put on by the SVYAD, Hillel of Silicon Valley, and AEPi. Saturday.
• Stanford Hillel Party. Saturday.
• Purim party in SF put on by the Hub, Saturday.
• Megillah Reading with the Mission Minyan! Saturday.
• Shivat Tzion, Berkeley, Saturday.
• Santa Cruz Hillel, Saturday.
• Purimpalooza in SF, on Sunday. The original and best, people!!

And for the not-so-young adult parties:

• Travelling Jewish Theatre and the Jewish Music Festival, now these guys know how to party!
• Chabad, Berkeley, Saturday.
• JSOF, East Bay, Sunday.
• Chabad, Berkeley, Sunday.

We also got a random Purim greeting of ‘Mishlakh Manot’ (traditional Purim gift-baskets) from an anonymous Oy Bay fan known only as ‘Baruch’. He’s hella ‘ghetto’ here. Notice the old-skool wheels, the bags tagged with ‘PURIM’, and his skull-&-crossbones hat with boyscout kerchief. Thanks dude!

Remember, Pour ‘em Purim is one of the two Jewish holidays were it is not only permitted to get drunk, but it’s actually a mitzvah! I hope everyone is so happy & giddy this Purim that they cannot tell the difference between “cursed is Haman”, and “blessed is Mordekhai”! Shabbat Shalom, and Khag Purim Same’akh, from the Oy Bay team.