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here’s nothing like Purim to unleash the kid in us, even those who are young in fact as well as at heart. We’re highlighting the celebrations March 6 at the Davis Academy and Marcus Jewish Community Center because, in the true spirit of Purim mishloach manot (gift baskets), they were kind enough to share their holiday joy with us. Or maybe they were being charitable. In either case, we’re reciprocating. ■
A: Make-believe princesses make merry with make-believe hamantashen during the Marcus JCC festivities. B: Why should the Marcus JCC make do with one or two Spider-Men (SpiderMans?) when a whole crew of all shapes and sizes will do the trick? C: Davis Academy kindergartners Falyn Schermer (left) and Remy Rosenberg enjoy the annual Lower School PTO Purim carnival, where students played games, bounced and slid on inflatables, had their faces painted, and danced to a DJ’s music. D: A couple of princesses for a day share a secret during the Marcus JCC’s Purim parade, a perfectly appropriate way to honor Esther’s ability to keep a big secret for a long time. E: Davis Academy second-graders Micah Margolis (left) and Cooper Bernath accept canned goods in exchange for cupcakes and cookies during the second grade’s annual Purim bake sale. The second-graders donate the canned food they collect to the Atlanta Community Food Bank.
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F: A proper Purim celebration requires a Purim spiel, so Davis Academy sixth-graders put on a puppet spiel for the Lower School. Middle School and Lower School pupils later made puppets together.
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G: Davis Academy fifth-graders (from left) Eleanor Altwarg, Anna Baylin and Harrison Frank, with eighth-graders Eliza Frankel and Katy Sullivan, show some of the completed packages of toiletries prepared by fifth-, sixth-, seventh- and eighthgraders to donate in an act of matanot l’evyonim, or sharing with the less fortunate. H: Did we mention that Purim is for the young at heart as well as the young in age? Getting in on the fun at the Davis Academy are Middle School Hebrew teachers (from left) Orna Willis, Sigal Tzoref and Bruria Lahav. I: As seen in the Marcus JCC’s Purim parade, you’re never too young to join in the Purim fun, even if your homemade grogger is as important for keeping you awake as it is for silencing a certain Persian villain’s name.
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