Megillah Reading and Purim Shpiel - Purim 2007

Purim night at BU (Saturday night, March 3, 2007) started with a Megillah reading with student involvement, replete with the loudest "groggering" found on this side of the Susquehanna. Hilarious entertainment followed with a special Purim Shpiel (comedic skit/play) masterfully written and directed by nascent comic Justin Rapp, who co-starred as Melvin along with "wife" Svetlana Gold (Lauren Levy). The Shpiel, dubbed "The New Testament: Purim as Related by Melvin and Svetlana Gold," recanted the Purim Story with some off-beat, modern day twists that kept the audience hooked and occasionally stunned while maintaining some sort of semblance to the actual Purim story.

Over 200 students attended Saturday night's Purim celebration in UU133, and Chabad also read the megillah at several on- and off-campus locations the next day including the Chabad House, the University Union, and several fraternity houses.