The Jewish Family Fun Book (2nd Edition)

Roni Sarig, Danielle Dardashti

Description

The essential guide to Jewish family life and fun activities at home and on the road—updated and expanded!

This celebration of Jewish family life is the perfect guide for families wanting to put a new Jewish spin on holidays, holy days, and even the everyday. Full of activities, games, and history, it is sure to inspire parents, children, and extended family to connect with Judaism in fun, creative ways.

With over eighty-five easy-to-do activities to re-invigorate age-old Jewish customs and make them fun for the whole family, this book is more than just kids’ stuff. It’s about taking the Jewish family experience to a new educational and entertaining level.

This new editon—updated and expanded—details activities for fun at home and away from home, including recipes, meaningful everyday and holiday crafts, travel guides, enriching entertainment…and much, much more!

Clearly illustrated and full of easy-to-follow instructions, this lively guide shows us how to take an active approach to exploring Jewish tradition and have fun along the way.

Topics include:The “Shake-Rattle-and-Roll” Grogger • Tooting Your Own Shofar • The Family Fun Seder • “Kid-ish” Kiddush Cup • Lip-Licking Latkes • Sukkah-Building Basics • How to Grow a Family Tree • Visiting Jewish Historical Sites, Family Camps, and Festivals • The Best (and Funnest) in Music, Books, and Websites for Jewish Families • …and much, much more

Sujets

• Philosophie et théologie
• Jewish holiday
• Judaism
• Religion

Informations

• Publié par: Turner Publishing Company
• Date de parution: 17 octobre 2013
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781580237819
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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A book for Uri and Raquel
and
Mira, Tallulah, Yaniv, and Shoshana
CONTENTS
Acknowledgments
Introduction

Holiday Fun
Shabbat
Can-Do Candlesticks
Kid-ish Kiddush Cup
Danielle s Dough-licious Shabbat Challah
The Super-Appealing, Spill-Concealing Tablecloth
Making Your Own Besamim Box
Some Easy-to-Grow Herbs for Your Besamim Box
Rosh Hashanah Yom Kippur
Tooting Your Own Shofar
Tashlich: Tossing Your Cookies for the New Year
Inside-Out Candied Apple
Old Country Nut n Honey Treats
Sephardic and Persian Hors d Oeuvres
Sending the Very Best New Year s Cards
History in the Making: Designing Your Own Jewish Calendar
Sukkot
Sukkah-Building Basics
Tips for the Sukkah Interior Decorator
Sukkah-in-a-Sukkah Centerpiece
The Real-Deal Lulav Shake
The Wacky n Tasty Lulav Shake
Simchat Torah
Tiny Totin Torahs
Fun Flags for the Simchah Strut
Hanukkah
Miraculous Menorah Making
Dreidel-Playing Basics: How to Be a Gelt-Shark
Lip-Licking Latkes
Appetizing Applesauce
Fry em and Try em: Soofganiyot
Tu B Shvat
The Nature Nosh Tu B Shvat Seder
Home Gardening
Turning Paper Back into a Tree
Purim
The Shake-Rattle-and-Roll Grogger
Purim Punim Face Paints
Crowns Fit for a King or Queen
Three Points: A Haman Hat Trick
What a Cast of Characters: Papier M ch Puppets
The So-Good-You ll-Eat-Your-Hat Hamantaschen
Passover
Operation Feather-and-Candle
Undercover Matzah
A Traditional Ashkenazi Charoset
Farid s Persian Version Charoset
The Family Fun Seder: Charting the Seder Course
Yom Ha Atzmaut (with Yom Ha Shoah and Yom Ha Zikaron)
The Stuff-It- Til-It-Stuffs-You Falafel
Aliza s Spreadable Edible Incredible Hummus
Slice n Dice Israeli Salad
Jew elry
Lag B Omer
Don t Lag B hind
Shavuot
Midnight Read and Feed
The Land of Cheese Blintzes
Prize-Winning Paper-Cutting
Tu B Av
It Takes Tu B Av to Tango
Invent a Yente:Tu B Av Matchmaking
To My Love on Tu B Av
Celebrating Secular Holidays in a Jewish Way

Fun at Home
Volunteerism: Mitzvot Tzedakah
Make Your Own Tzedakah Box
Grassroots Tzedakah
Showtime at the Retirement Home!
Special Trips to Special Homes and Shelters
Arts Crafts-and Fun Things to Eat
Mezuzah Magic
Cosmic Judaica: Glow-in-the-Dark Stars of David
Playful Place Mats
How to Grow a Family Tree
Tallit Tie-Dye-enu
All-Purpose Candy Clay
Me-shugga Cookies
That s a Wrap!
And the Envelopes, Please
Sports, Games Outdoor Fun
Like a Maccabi
Jewish Scouting for Everyone
Go Ga-Ga for Ga-Ga
Shesh-besh
This Challah s-for-the-Birds Feeder
Jewish Music Dance
The Parent-and-Kid-Friendly Jewish Music Guide
Kid-ish Yiddish Music
Kids Favorites from Israel
Kool Klezmer and Alternative Jewish Music for Older Kids
Israeli Folk Dancing: Motza ei-Shabbat Fever!
Dance 101: Basic Steps
Stepping Forward: Some Easy Dances
Books Stories for Jewish Families
Family Fun Books
Make Your Own Books
Films Videos for Jewish Families
Family Fun Videos
Family Fun Films
Making Your Own Jewish Family Videos
Internet Software for Jewish Families
Jewish Fun Webguide
Super Software

Fun on the Road
Jewish Museums for the Family
Where to Go throughout the U.S
Jewish Historical Sites
Learning History on the Road
Jewish Family Camps, Getaways Festivals
Away-from-Home Fun for the Entire Family

Afterword
Appendix of Prayers
Appendix of Stencils
Index
About the Author
Copyright
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
F or this second edition of The Jewish Family Fun Book , we want to give an extra special thanks to two of our amazing interns, Jaymie Testa and Jessica Dudley, who spent many hours researching, fact-checking, and writing. Thank you also to Charlene Watson; Hannah Steinfeld; Eliza Weiss; and Alta Eisenpress, the librarian at Temple Israel Center in White Plains, New York.
When we wrote the first edition of this book, we had just one small child. Uri was a baby, and Raquel hadn t been born yet. Since then, our kids have taught us quite a bit about Jewish family fun, and that knowledge has helped us with this new and improved second edition. (Uri says that when we do a third edition, he would like to be a contributing author.)
This book would never had existed if it weren t for our families who raised us on Jewish family fun. To our parents, grandparents, siblings, and extended family: We love all of you deeply and thank you for all that you ve given us throughout our lives.
Many of our family members were directly involved with various aspects of the first edition: Danielle s father, Hazzan Farid Dardashti, whose patient guidance, vast knowledge, interesting ideas-even his photography skills and recipes-added so much. A big todah rabah also goes out to Sheila Dardashti, Aliza and Michael Friedman, Danny Sarig, Galeet Dardashti, Michelle Dardashti, Hazzan Hamid Dardashti, Yadid Dardashti, and Schelly Dardashti, who all made specific contributions.
To the outstanding team at Jewish Lights-it has been a pleasure! Stuart M. Matlins, Amanda Dupuis, Jon Sweeney, David Stein, the brilliant Emily Wichland, our amazing editor, Bryna Fischer, and Kate Treworgy. And thank you to our agents, Sheree Bykofsky and Janet Rosen.
There have been countless other individuals who played a part in the research and development of this project: To Joel Silverman, Ted Robinson, and Eryn March, special gratitude for their help and creativity with the first edition. And we thank each and every one of these individuals for the parts they played: Rabbi E. Noach Shapiro; Rabbi Avi Friedman; Rabbi Andy Vogel; librarians Hazel Carp, Diane Braun, and Penny Eisenstein from Greenfield Hebrew Academy in Atlanta; Randee Friedman from Sounds Write Productions in San Diego; dance instructor Steven Weintraub in Atlanta; Janice Alper, Adelle Salmenson, and Rebecca Gordon from Jewish Educational Services in Atlanta; Dawne Bear at the Jewish Federation in San Francisco; Vicki Compter at UJA in New York; Rebecca Hoelting for her Atlanta contacts; Simon Amiel with Hillel in D.C.; Rachelle Bradt at the Yeshiva University Museum in New York; Israeli dance expert Judy Brown in Jerusalem; Rachel Glazer and Elaine Gitlin from Beth Tfiloh day school in Baltimore; Liz Wolf in Raleigh; Lauren Roman at craigNco in California; Harold Messinger in Austin; Ruth Goodman Burger from the Israeli Dance Institute in New York; Cantor Sharon Walloch in Baltimore; Vivian Ellison and Fran Cook from the Home Depot greenhouse in Atlanta; David Firooz from JewishStore.Com ; Shlomo Lehavi at Hataklit in Los Angeles; The Judaica Corner in Atlanta; Westside Judaica in New York; Haim Scheininger at Sisu; Judye Groner and Madeline Wikler at Kar-Ben Copies; Susan Schwartz at Davka; Jeff Astor, Debbie, and Emanuel at T.E.S.; Joe Buchwald Gelles with JeMM; Debbie at Behrman House; Esther Netter and Sherri Kadovitz at the Zimmer Children s Museum in Los Angeles; Suzanne Hurwitz, Michelle Chepenik, Barbara Kreissman, Harry Stern, Kim Goodfriend, and Deborah Goldstein from the MJCC in Atlanta; Mark Greenberg at the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience; Shari Rosenstein-Werb and Lynn Williams at the Holocaust Museum in D.C.; Cantor Tali Katz at the Jewish Museum of Maryland; Cantor Bob Fisher in Las Vegas; Lorin Sklamberg from Living Traditions; Shmuel Batzri from Dance Washington; Heather Johnson at the Jewish Museum San Francisco; Amy Berkowitz at Camp Tawonga; Ellen Barocas at NJY Camps; Ruth Shapira at Ramah in the Poconos; Laurie Kovens from the National Havurah Committee; Ellie Sandler at Spertus in Chicago; Aaron Katler with Endangered Spirit; Irene Bennett with OSRUI; Miriam Rinn and Jason Black with the JCC Association of North America; Matt Schuman from Maccabi USA; Michelle Spivak with the Jewish War Veterans of USA; and Bill Maurer from the Gomez Mill House.
INTRODUCTION
T he idea behind the first edition of The Jewish Family Fun Book was simple: You could find something fun in everything that s Jewish, and something Jewish in everything that s fun! All that is still true in this, our second edition: Jewish fun is all in your attitude. Even everyday things like as playing games, singing songs, or watering plants are Jewish activities if they re approached from a Jewish perspective. The goal of this edition, like the last, is to guide you toward a variety of terrific activities for kids and adults and to inspire your family to come up with your own ideas for Jewish fun.
Though it has been little more than five years since we first published The Jewish Family Fun Book , once we got back into researching for this update we were surprised by how much had changed in the world of Jewish fun. Mostly, there is just so much more of it around! Jewish kids music, like kids music in general, has become more popular and a lot more hip. Jews continue to create a constant stream of books to educate and inspire our children, but with the advent of Amazon s network of booksellers of used boo