Tonight
the goyish are all tucked away. They’re fussing with
last-minute gift wrapping, baking desserts they should have
made days ago, and they’re knockin’ back nog with their
toothless grandparents around their energy-inefficient
Christmas trees.
For Jewish singles, Christmas
Eve and Christmas can feel like a sci-fi movie: You go outside
but nobody’s there, stores are boarded up, restaurants are
vacant – you have the town all to yourself. You know what that
means: Jews gone wild. That’s right. Tonight is one of the
biggest party nights of the year for Jewish singles: Jdate
accounts will be unmanned, nails will be expertly lacquered,
and the Gryphon will be packed with hundreds of sexy singles
at the 23rd Annual Mazel Tov Ball.
Gryphon Night Club (5711 Seminole Way, Hollywood) is
the perfect location for such an event, since Hard Rock casino
is unaffected by pesky holidays like Christmas; it’s a living,
breathing denominationless organism hell-bent on being the
party Mecca any night of the year. That’s why last year’s
Mazel Tov Ball brought in close to 1,000 partiers. Event
organizers assure us that, while the ball is geared towards
Jewish singles, everyone winds up there. After all, to the
gentiles who’ve been trapped inside with their grandparents,
parents, aunts, uncles, and sticky young cousins for the last
weekend, a party is a party is a party.
Tickets are cheap at $20 (in advance at www.mazeltovball.com)
and $25 at the door.
