Doors @ 6:30pm, shpil (play) at 8pm sharp!
 All ticket proceeds go to Gaza!

We’ll have:
 A Purimshpil (play) set in Barbie Land
 Drinks & hamantashen for sale
 Music & dancing

FUNDRAISING

All proceeds from ticket sales will be donated to Crips for eSims for Gaza, a collaboration between Jane Shi, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha, and Alice Wong to raise funds to get eSims into Gaza.

Why eSims?
Purchasing eSims allows people within Gaza to connect to the outside to communicate with their families and also show the world what’s happening within Gaza.

ACCESSIBILITY

– CSI Spadina is fully wheelchair-accessible. 
– All-gender washrooms will be available.
– Masks will be required unless eating or drinking. 
– The Purimshpil (play) part of the evening will be livestreamed on Instagram @ifnotnowtoronto
– Snacks and drinks (including alcohol) will be available for sale. 

Please get in touch with accessibility requests, concerns, or questions: ifnotnowtoronto@gmail.com

WHY CELEBRATE PURIM?

As Jews of conscience who are devastated by the ongoing atrocities in Gaza committed in our name, many of us carry this question. How can we observe a holiday this year that embraces revelry, pageantry, and play?

In the story of Esther, Mordecai entreats his niece to step into her Jewishness to prevent atrocities from happening. Just like Esther, we are invited to step into our power – not by moving away from our Jewishness, but by stepping into it in order to enact change. We are called upon to speak up, take a stance, and rise up with integrity in our wholeness.

In times such as these, art serves as a transgressive tool to face our collective Haman shadows where other means fall short. We see our thousand year old folk art tradition of Purimshpil as a practice of truth telling, as well as personal and communal release.

At IfNotNow Toronto, we believe Purim is a revolutionary call to upend norms and resist oppressive forces. This year, we invite you to join us in stepping into this upside-down world in order to make it right side up.