The Uptown Jewish Community Center was the site for the annual community-wide Adloyadah Purim Festival yesterday was held outside from 11:30 to 3:30 p.m.
The JCC playground was transformed into a colorful inflatable world of fun rides at the 2016 Adloyadah festival. (Photo by Alan Smason)
In addition to colorful inflatable rides and slides designed for the younger set, ample popular music filled the air while delicious delicatessen food from Kosher Cajun, waffles from Waffles on Maple and even frigid and tasty snowballs from Williams-Plum Street Snowballs were served to the hungry crowd.
Then there were the hamantaschen of all varieties including the very popular traditional dough types filled with mun (poppy seed) as well as fruit varieties like apricot, raspberry and prune.
Children were entitled to unlimited play on the inflatable rides for one low price and several local Jewish institutions like the Greater New Orleans Chapter of Hadassah, Jewish Children’s Regional Service and local synagogues like Shir Chadash Conservative Congregation offered games for kids to play.
Children were encouraged to wear costumes throughout the event.
The typical date for the Adloyadah festival is the Sunday immediately preceeding Purim, which this year begins at sundown on March 23. However, Limmudfest New Orleans events being held on the Tulane University campus would have conflicted directly with it next Sunday. JCC officials elected to hold their festival a week earlier.
