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Russian Hillel Students Celebrate Purim
March 11, 2011
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Students at St. Petersburg Hillel, one of 27 Hillels in the former Soviet Union, show that they are taking ownership of their Jewish identity and finding new and creative ways to celebrate. It may be snowy, but that doesn't stop our students from dancing in the street.

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Translation of the video:

Doesn’t anyone know what Purim is?

Purim! Purim! Purim!
Purim! Purim! Purim!

Celebrating Purim!
Zenit and Haiduck (Russian soccer teams),
Student and coach,
Human and spider,
Patient and surgeon,
NYC, Moscow and Saint Petersburg!

Purim! Also celebrating in Barnaul
People from Penza and Tomsk,
On Kamchatka and in Kerch,
And possibly even on the moon.

Purim! Let’s put some make up on!
Whether you are old or young,
Even if you hadn’t slept for 3 nights
It’s Israeli mega-carnival!

Purim! We highly recommend it.
The plot is twisted,
It happened almost 3000 years ago
So it might be hard to remember
Where’s good and where’s bad

So choose for yourself who’s good and who’s bad
Here’s the Mordehai the Jew, King Ahashverosh.
Where’s Vashti? The Tzar’s ex-wife?
But maybe Hamman could be the Bad Guy?

Imagine for a while that we’re in Persia,
Who’s the star on this dark sky? Esther!
Here’s a lesson for now and in 600BC
If you’re brave, you’ve got the power!

We’ll scream together Mazal Tov!
Our glass is full to the brim.
With what? Lets fill it with wine
And drink it all up.
And during this Purim we’ll change the world!


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Comments:
Posted By: Ark on 3/17/2011 6:23:00 PM

I did not see anybody watching the dance...
The dance was great..
Posted By: Barbara Simmonds on 3/17/2011 9:06:00 PM

Finally, some good news.  These kids are wonderful.
Posted By: Jaime Kaufman on 3/17/2011 9:11:00 PM

Excellent video.  It looks like you put a lot of time into this video, and the dance routine also looks great.  I will be celebrating Purim here in Florida, USA.  =)
Posted By: Ellen Press on 3/17/2011 9:12:00 PM

The Black Eyed Peas would be so proud and so am I to see today's generation of young Jews celebrating their heritage.  It was not so long ago when Russian Jews would not be permitted to show this type of freedom.
Mazel Tov!
Posted By: LoraLev on 3/18/2011 1:13:00 AM

Good job! Very inspiring!
Posted By: Ida Selavan Schwarcz on 3/18/2011 5:20:00 AM

Great fun! They sang Babylon and the English translation was Persia. Did they actually sing Babylon and whoever did the translation corrected it to Persia?
Posted By: Anonymous on 3/18/2011 1:11:00 PM

GREATTTTTTTTTTTTT
Posted By: Tammy on 3/18/2011 2:33:00 PM

Love it.  It is so much fun.  Thank you for the inspiration.  You did it better than Black Eye Peas. 
Posted By: gittsov on 3/19/2011 10:05:00 AM

Bravo!
Posted By: Merle Kharasch Gross, Chicago on 3/19/2011 2:15:00 PM

The spirit goes on....thank goodness!
Posted By: Elle Jay on 3/19/2011 7:13:00 PM

Fantastic!!! We loved your creativity and enthusiasm. Chag sameach, everyone!
Posted By: David Guilbert Rozenman on 3/20/2011 3:00:00 AM

The lesson of Purim is that when Israel is united nobody can destroy us.
Keep up the good work of spreading this message to all Jews in Russia and in the other countries of the former USSR and keep contact with us
Posted By: judy feierstein on 3/20/2011 3:07:00 AM

Your energetic show is in synch with today's sunny weather here in Modiin, Israel. Glad to see your enthusiasm- keep up the activism!! Chag Purim sameash!
Posted By: Miriam Servetter on 3/20/2011 10:26:00 PM

Viva the Russian Jews!  More of us should celebrate publicly like that!  We're proud of you!
Posted By: Natasha on 3/20/2011 10:45:00 PM

If only we could do that in St. Petersburg when we were their age!
Posted By: David Dayan on 3/21/2011 12:57:00 PM

I loved it !! 
This video made me feel so good to watch.. I am extremely proud of you all-
I send my love from Miami Florida!! 
" Chag Purim Sameach!! "

Posted By: Selene Ting on 3/21/2011 5:17:00 PM

It was awesome to see these students doing something so fun, positive, and musical! I applaud the hard work put into this production - you've spread the joy of Purim throughout the world!
Posted By: kaliastar on 3/22/2011 5:36:00 PM

shapo!!! i enjoyed u'r dance imenslly and being a medicine clown u made me happier!!!
Posted By: Anonymous on 3/22/2011 7:40:00 PM

what a great video  bravo russian hillel students
Posted By: Kayla Barth on 3/22/2011 8:17:00 PM

Makes me proud to be Jewish--to see such pride in our culture and religion. Thank you!
Posted By: Vikusya on 3/22/2011 10:31:00 PM

Molodtsi. Mi vas v New York smotreli. Video is amazing. Viktoria
Posted By: Fanchon Shur on 4/4/2011 12:48:00 AM

Russian Jews, college kids, publicly dance and sing about Purim, the Jewish version of Mardigras with a moral.  What a joy, in a country where you would never have dared be public let alone dance in the streets.....a joy to witness.


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