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FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1989
earning by doing is the
objective of the Holiday
Workshop Series of-
fered to adults at Temple
Emanu-El. By making
challah, conducting Hav-
dalah services and creating
their own seder, among other
activities, adults are learning
how to make a Jewish home
while strengthening their
Jewish identity.
Taught by temple member
Laura Kohn, the nine-month-
long series combines class lec-
tures with creative activities,
and emphasizes traditional
observance while offering
other options to make
holidays and rituals more
meaningful to the individual.
As part of the Passover unit,
the students put on their own
creative seder to demonstrate
what they have learned about
the Haggadah, the seder
table and the accompanying
philosophies. It is not unusual
to see Kermit the Frog inter-
viewing Moses during the
ceremony or to hear readings
authored by concentration
camp inmates.
"We teach the authentic
and traditional," Kohn said,
"but give (them) other
possibilities."
According to religious
school director Dottie
Dressler, the objective of the
series is to teach the students
"how we fit into Judaism and
how Judaism fits into our
lives." It also is aimed at
"strengthening Jewish iden-
tity through observances, to
clarify feelings about their
Jewishness and to help them
feel comfortable living a
Jewish life."
"We want them to be able to
celebrate Judaism in their
homes," Kohn said. "Not
many people know what the
possibilities are for home
ceremonies?'
Kohn explained that the old
way of passing down Jewish
tradition, through a grand-
mother who lived in the home
of an extended family, is part
of the past. "We have to in-
vent new systems for people
to learn how to have a Jewish
home. This class teaches a
smorgasbord of ceremonial
methods."
The class, which usually
has an enrollment of 33-36, is
in its third year at the temple.
The Holiday Workshop Series
was started 15 years ago by a
California nursery school
teacher, Patti Golden, who
learned that parents couldn't
answer their children's ques-
tions about Jewish ritual and
practice. With the help of rab-
bis and other Jewish
educators, Golden devised a
curriculum which follows the
Jewish calendar and includes
an extensive unit on Shabbat.
Dressler, with Mimi
Mossoff, wife of a temple past
president, learned of the cur-
riculum at a Reform conven-
tion, took the information
back to the temple, which
underwrote most of the cost,
and Kohn and Dressler were
trained to teach it.
Dr. Myral Robbins, a fami-
ly practitioner, enrolled in the
class because "I wanted to be
able to answer questions my
kids put to me from a
knowledgeable standpoint,"
she said. She also wanted to
"bring more Judaism into our
lives."
Marilyn Cohen, a legal
secretary with grown
children, enrolled because she
and her husband wanted to
observe the holidays for
themselves, not just for their
children.
Although it has a Reform
orientation, the program is