- foil tilt,

To make certain the synagogue's
tumes that focus on something posi-
youth attend the reading of Megillat
tive," says Rabbi Bergstein, who
Esther on Purim, she tells them they
maintains that dressing up "can still
are expected to participate dressed in
be creative and fun." For example, he
the theme of the evening. The year
sees nothing wrong with dressing like
she dressed as Cantor Hook, the
Goldberg, the wrestler,
junior choir came as The Lost Boys
Rabbi Leonard Bitran of
(and girls). The year she was Mary
Congregation Shaarey Zedek B'nai
Poppins, the kids were Jane and
Israel dresses in a different, well-recog-
Mkhael Banks plus a couple of
nizable costume each Purim. He says
chimney sweeps. To the tune of
he follows one rule: "I choose what
"Supercalifragilisticexpialiclocious,"
the kids would like."
she sang:
In the past, he has come to the
Esther, Haman, Mordechai, Vashti,
megilkz reading as Big Bird, Cookie
Ahasuerus
Monster, Barney the Purple Dinosaur
and Fred Flintstone. This year the
Shaarey Zedek clergy is working on a
group costume, dressing as TV's
TeleTubbies.
Rabbi Bitran's colleague, Cantor
Na.jrnan, says he, too,
has dressed to amuse
Right: Rabbi Leonardo
the children. He once
Bitran, a.k.a. The Yin
chose a special cos-
Man, with syna,go
tume to please a very
members Da*
special child -- his
Stephanie
HO'
grandson Tzvi, who
on
Purim.'
was 3 at the time
Packing to spend
Below: Cantor Lori
Purim with Tzvi's
Corrsin, as Cantor
family in New York,
Hook, enjoys Purim
he realized the head
with her husband, D4'
of his Elmo costume
Stephen Corrsin, and
would not fit into his
Minna Immerman..A..,...
suitcase. Rather than
disappoint his grand-
son, he took the
orange, fuzzy head
onto the plane, but
discovered he could
not stow it properly
in the cabin.
"Impressed that I
was taking it to my
grandson, the stew-
ardess found it a
place --- in first
class," he says. She
wouldnt put me
there, or my coat,
but she put the
Elmo head."
Cantor Lori
Haman tried to kill the Jews, but
Corrsin of Temple Israel looks for a
didn't really scare us.
costume character that allows her to
Morclechai and Esther saved the day
present songs revamped to fit the
and they did spare us.
Purim story, with music she "can
Esther, Haman, Mordechai, Vashti,
write funny words to." Actually, the
Ahasuerus.
funny words are shared "through a
This year she will perform a Purim
network of cantors who put things
shpiel along with the Temple Israel
together and send them to each
rabbis and Cantor Harold. Orbach,
other," she says.
Shelli Liebman Dorfman can be reached who all will be dressed in costumes
at (248) 354-6060, ext. 246 or by e-mail following a theme of current popular-
ity, not to be revealed until Purim. LI
at sclorfman@driewisimevvs.com

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Saturday, March 18, 2000
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