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...booze attracted plenty of students to Hillel Saturday night to celebrate Purimpalooza, Hillel’s contemporary take on a traditional Jewish holiday. For the gentiles among you, Purim looks like Halloween meets Mardi Gras with a Jewish back story. The holiday commemorates the failure of the evil Haman??€™s plot to destroy all the Jews, which provides the perfect excuse to get smashed while sporting ridiculous outfits. Campus Rabbi and Orthodox Rabbinic Advisor Avi Poupko came dressed as the Pope in full regalia, complete with a guitar on his back. Former Jewish band member Raphael S.N. Nemes...

Author: By Erin C. Yu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Purimpalooza = Hilarious | 3/7/2007 | See Source »

...this year on March 17, prompts raves, as well, mostly for the food and the excuse to make merry. The wicked and corrupt advisor to Persia’s King Ahasuerus, as told in Jewish scriptures, Haman failed in his plan to eradicate the Jews. But everybody wins with Haman??€™s namesake, the hamantaschen, a delectable triangular-shaped cookie filled with fruit jam (usually prune) or poppy seed. The Yiddish name means the pocket of Haman; in Hebrew, the slightly more daring name is oznei Haman (ears of Haman). The best of these now line the shelves...

Author: By Vanashree Samant, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hats Off! | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

...exciting than shortbread, and the recipe calls for ingredients that can be found around the house: flour, eggs, sugar, baking soda and butter. But let nouveau cuisine invent zany combinations; tradition looms along Brookline’s Harvard Street, where the bakeries continue the age-old tradition of shaping Haman??€™s malice into scrumptious cookies...

Author: By Vanashree Samant, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hats Off! | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

...Jewish scriptures mention that one must drink on Purim until he can no longer tell the difference between the evil Haman and the blessed Mordechai. Devouring Haman??€™s ears, in all shapes and sizes, and stuffing our mouths with borekas and babka is only the beginning of the ensuing feast...

Author: By Vanashree Samant, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hats Off! | 3/13/2003 | See Source »

Dershowitz’s also raised a counter-suit of copyright infringement, arguing Hamentaschen—the cookies traditionally eaten on Purim—stole their design from Haman?...

Author: By Evan Lushing, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Dershowitz Defends Villain at Purim Festivities | 2/26/2002 | See Source »

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