Comments on: Madonna & Jesus Luz Celebrate Purim Together

By: JJ

JJ — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:52:32 +0000

Oh, fairy-tales.

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[...] by dressing up as Charlie Chaplin. Still doesn’t beat last year’s costume, when she went as her own daughter, Lourdes. [Pink Is The New [...]

By: SarahLee

SarahLee — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:00:15 +0000

To Sarah – Thanks for such a great explanation of Purim

To Elle – Im not sure about other religions at all… do all E. Orthodox churches celebrate Pesach (Passover not easter)? I get that the last supper was a passover seder but i havent heard of many christian religions celebrating it…

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:51:30 +0000

While I think it’s cool to see celebs out and about celebrating their religious holidays (and I gotta say Purim seems like a cool one… especially if you’re half Jewish half Christian because then you get to do it again for Halloween!) and I think it shows that there are a mix of religions in the world I have to say I’m soo tired of always seeing Madonna as the posterchild for this religion. Didn’t she grow up Catholic and convert? I know she clearly loves this religion and is completely devouted to it, I gotta say I’m just tired of seeing her already (sorry Trent, I know you love her). I’m happy to see the Seinfeld’s celebratin’ the holiday!!!

Oh and the Madonna and Jesus thing needs to go away already… we get that you’re 50 and getting divorced and that this guy is a lot younger and what not but I swear she drags him around like he’s a prop or something!

By: Luli

Luli — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:15:43 +0000

What was Lourdes dressed as?

By: Elle

Elle — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:44:13 +0000

Aww… Trent, I’m sorry you never got to experience jovial Christian celebrations. My church ( E. Orthodox) has raucous celebrations; I drink more at church than anywhere else! Christianity is supposed to be jovial. It’s lent right now, but we had a smashing Mardi Gras party, and when Pascha (Easter) comes, we’ll clear out the wine section at BevMo. ;)

By: miriam

miriam — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 03:11:48 +0000

one thing Sarah forgot to mention is the drinking. Part of Purim is the mitzvah to drink until one forgets the difference between Hamman and Mordechai, bluring the line between good and evil. thats right, religious mandated drunkenness! good fun

By: PixieBassline

PixieBassline — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:00:00 +0000

Ha! She looks cute dressed as Lourdes!

By: Chase

Chase — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:50:13 +0000

You know Britney Spears’ “Womanizer” music video? The part where she’s in a black wig in the office? Well, Madonna looks like she could be the black wig Britney’s mom!

By: AMD

AMD — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:31:23 +0000

Thats Jerry Seinfeld not jesus.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:13:47 +0000

@Trent– No problem! :) It’s one of my favourite holidays. We have so few happy holidays.

By: lauren

lauren — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:01:18 +0000

While we’re on the subject of Jewish things, you HAVE to look at this hilarious picture from the Fail Blog… (and i should say that obviously I don’t agree with this guy, which is why his sign is all the more funny)

http://failblog.org/2009/02/09/jihad-fail/

By: troyS

troyS — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:42:09 +0000

Got to hand it to 50ish Madonna who wears little baby Jesus on her arm much better (and more believably) than dowdy thirtysomething Jessica.

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:13:20 +0000

@Zanne — so true, some in my parents’ Pentecostal church think that Catholicism practices too much idolatry. Trust me, those celebrations are never jubilant.

By: Zanne

Zanne — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:57:34 +0000

LOL, Debi! Some Protestant religions would argue that Catholicism is not a Christian religion but I get what you’re saying. :) I agree, Trent, that Christian celebrations (at least the ones I’m familiar with) need more festivity! :) What about Holi, the Hindu celebration of colors where everyone sprays each other w/ dye-filled water guns?! That’s my kind of holiday! :)

By: Debi

Debi — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:26:43 +0000

Please remember: Mardi Gras is a Christian celebration, a good ol’ feast day before the start of Lent :-)

By: It's Trent, Bitch!

It's Trent, Bitch! — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:25:57 +0000

@Sarah — thanks :)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:18:36 +0000

Purim is the Feast of Lots. To summarise it as quickly as possible, the Persian king Ahasuerus wanted to marry the beautiful Hadassah. Her cousin, Mordecai, who was a palace official, told her to hid her identity and so she changed her name to Esther and never told him she was in fact Jewish. Ahasuerus had an evil vizier named Haman who wanted to kill all the Jews in the kingdom. He went as so far as to build stocks to hang them all. Esther revealed her true identity to the king and warned him what Haman was plotting. King Ahasuerus then ordered Haman to be hanged by the gallows he built, made Mordecai his new vizier, and gave Jews living in his kingdom the right to defend themselves against any enemy.

The holiday is celebrated by feasting and dressing in costume (in fact, Jessica Seinfeld is most likely dressed as Esther, as it’s quite the common costume for girls and women on the holiday), reading from the Book of Esther and using noisemakers or shouting whenever Haman’s name is mentioned, feasting, especially on hamantashen, which are triangular cookies (supposed to be in the shape of Haman’s tricorn hat) filled with plum or sesame seeds, and general merrymaking, giving to charities, and generally being generous and jolly. It’s quite a fun holiday, all in all. :)

By: Mr. Gyllenhaal

Mr. Gyllenhaal — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:12:20 +0000

I love she dressed up as her daughter! It would have been perfect if her daughter dressed like her in the 80′s!!

By: Froggie2004

Froggie2004 — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 17:01:27 +0000

It’s like Jewish Halloween…