Bat Yam to host holiday community event
To celebrate the holiday of Purim, Bat Yam Temple of the Islands will host Purim Pandemonium on March 15 from 4 to 6 p.m. in front of Congress Jewelers in the Periwinkle Place Shops on Sanibel.
A Jewish holiday, Purim commemorates the survival of Persian Jews, who were targeted for annihilation in the 4th century, BCE.
The community event will feature a costume parade and New Orleans brass band, along with food, beverages and prizes. There will also be a short Megillah (Book of Esther) reading.
“Purim may not be the Jewish Mardi Gras, but it sure looks like it,” Bat Yam’s Rabbi Sunny Schnitzer said. “Masks, costumes, music, food and fun to celebrate the resilience of the Jewish people and the freedom of all people to worship and live as they please.”
For more information, contact Schnitzer at batyamsanibel@gmail.com
Congress Jewelers is at 2075 Periwinkle Way, Suite 35, Sanibel