- Shalom Sesame: Eli Celebrates Purim
"An Israeli boy dresses up like an elephant and goes out to celebrate Purim."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrPCyibYJcc&index=2&list=PLt0-f16hpAmsZgvLcRpN4v3Ex0YjnRVu2 - 21 sec. clip - Shalom Sesame: Purim: Street Parade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2T_Tnh2GSc&index=3&list=PLt0-f16hpAmsZgvLcRpN4v3Ex0YjnRVu2 - Hear the song "Lakova sheli shalosh pinot"
(see also our instructions, lyrics, and origami peula)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3XWgQUq7zQ&index=4&list=PLt0-f16hpAmsZgvLcRpN4v3Ex0YjnRVu2 - Four-sided origami basket with flat bottom made out of newspaper
(see also our hamentashen / ozney haman recipe for making your mishloach manot)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M62xjHDTNJE&index=5&list=PLt0-f16hpAmsZgvLcRpN4v3Ex0YjnRVu2 - A series of popular Purim songs (Israeli, in Hebrew, for children)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFZzVq1XTv4&list=PLVOjfuSmYLe8iIZb5ExfcMrFLWMLVMPxB&index=30 - An example of a Purim news hoax in Ha-aretz (its our April Fool's holiday too)
http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/israel-approves-plan-to-let-sponsors-beam-messages-onto-western-wall-1.263829 - Al Hanissim -"for the miracles"- prayer added to Birkat Hamazon (grace after the meal). For more info and text, see:
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/1496/jewish/Al-Ha-Nissim.htm
Also:
http://www.chabad.org/holidays/purim/article_cdo/aid/1460/jewish/Al-Hanissim-Prayer.htm - The Maccabeats - Purim Song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgJInVvJSZg&index=7&list=PLt0-f16hpAmsZgvLcRpN4v3Ex0YjnRVu2 - Raise Your Mask Purim - The Ein Prat Fountainheads
Dancing, a cappella and singing group in Israel (although most of this is in English)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9HbULd67sE&index=8&list=PLt0-f16hpAmsZgvLcRpN4v3Ex0YjnRVu2 - The Purim Story for Kids and Other Double Dutch Jumping Hipsters
Animated retelling of the Purim story from the viewpoint of a pretty cool Esther.
"Imagine yourself in the middle of something awful. Someone is going to have to take a stand to set things right. Sometimes...that someone...is YOU."
By Vanessa Hidary aka "The Hebrew Mamita"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYGqOMe-DqQ&index=9&list=PLt0-f16hpAmsZgvLcRpN4v3Ex0YjnRVu2 - The Shlomones - Good Groggin' Purim 2012
If you grew up liking the Grateful Dead, forgive the liberties taken and have a good laugh.
Better yet, as further borrowing is the sincerest form of flattery, copy their lyrics and do a version of their spoof at your shul!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_2PCpvA2HA&list=PLVOjfuSmYLe8iIZb5ExfcMrFLWMLVMPxB&index=29
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