To all my friends, I wish you a “Chag Pesach sameach!” which means “Happy Passover!” and, in Yiddish, a “ziessen Pesach.” (a sweet Passover). And to my Kosher observant friends, I wish you a “Chag kasher v’sameach” (“Happy and kosher holiday” in Hebrew). And, as on every happy holiday…
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PURIM FUN
My educational philosophy developed over time. I taught for over 30 years. I began my career as an assistant nursery school teacher when I graduated from college. My head teacher, Bernice Lieberman, was my mentor. She knew how to engage children with her story telling. She also managed to inspire…
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Tu B’Shevat
Tu B’Shevat, the “birthday of the trees”, begins soon. Tu B’Shevat Background Tu B’Shevat, which literally means the 15th of the month of Shevat, celebrates the new year or birthday of the trees. In the secular calendar, the holiday occurs sometime between the end of January and the beginning of February.…
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“Yosef’s Dream” is now a docu-narrative film “Exodus 91”
For nearly three thousand years, the black Jews of Ethiopia–known as the Falashas–maintained their faith and their identity in the face of drought, famine, and tribal war. They were indeed the lost tribe, tracing their ancestry to King Solomon and the queen of Sheba. Then in May 1991, these Ethiopian…
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Free Edition of THE HANUKKAH FABLE OF LITTLE DREIDEL AND SILVER MENORAH and a Video of Sammy Spider’s First Hanukkah read by the author
MacLaren- Cochrane Publishing has closed and the rights have reverted to me as the author. With the consent of the illustrator, we have decided to post the book on my web site. It’s free to download for the enjoyment of children and their families and students and their teachers. Happy…
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Video Reading of God’s World
Tikkun Olam means “fixing up the world.” Eli and his mother go out into the country and discover that Man has polluted God’s Creation. Eli’s mother explains to him what happened during the seven days of creation and how Man has changed God’s world. “But it is not too late…
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