June 2, 1998

Your rabbi is a banana. Your cantor thinks she\’sJohn Lennon. And the entire congregation is singing Beatlestunes.

A nightmare? A parallel universe?

No, it\’s just Purim at Sha\’arei Am: The SantaMonica Synagogue, and Rabbi Jeff Marx\’s megillah reading is just oneof many bizarre scenes that will play out as rabbi and congregantsrid themselves of cumbersome inhibitions for one silly day.