U.S. Vice President Al Gore brought down the house at a Philadelphia fund- raiser when he shook a noisemaker after hearing the name of Haman, the villain in the Purim story. Gore initiated the Purim chicanery after asking Jewish White House staffers if it would be appropriate. During the American Jewish Congress fund-raiser, Gore received a restored Megillah that had come from Poland.
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