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ELIZABETH

THE POWER OF WORDS

ANI OHEVET
OTACH, SANTA

he Denver-based Jew-
ish Children's Adoption
Network (JCAN) is
sponsoring an essay contest in
memory ofYitzchak Silverberg,
cousin of JCAN's founders
Stephen and Vicky Krausz.
The topic of the contest is
"Words that cause needless
pain" (especially in relation to
adoption and infertility). It is
open to anyone up to the age of
21.
Submissions may include an
essay from 50 to 500 words, or
a drawing. Contributions
should be based on a passage
from The Power of Words by
Zelig Pliskin (for photocopied
passages from the book, contact

JCAN at P.O. Box 16544, Den-
ver, CO 80216).
Submissions must be re-
ceived by Feb. 25, 1994, and
should include the name, age
and any special considerations
about the skills and develop-
mental age of the artist or
writer. The first prize is a $100
savings bond.

arents looking for a break from the
ever-cheerful Barney and his sidekick,
Baby Bop (does that voice make you
cringe or what?), should look into a new
line of coloring books/tapes that are both
fun and educational.
"Sing, Color 'N Say," produced by the
Troy-based Worldkids Press, focuses on
such topics as birthdays, grandparents
and Bible stories, while teaching chil-
dren to say phrases like "I love you,
Grandma" in 10 different languages, in-
cluding Hebrew. (Ani ohevet otach, Say-
ta is "I love you, Grandma" in Hebrew.)
The phrase is written in a coloring book,
then repeated on a cassette that also in-
cludes music.
The coloring books/tapes are the brain-
child of former musicians Lenore Paxton
and Phillip Siadi and also feature phrases
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in Spanish, German, Polish, Japanese, Ara-
bic, Russian, French, Hungarian, Italian and
Swedish.
"Sing, Color 'N Say" books are available at
B. Dalton, Barnes & Noble, Waldenbooks, Lit-
tle Professor, Booksellers and Borders, or may be •
ordered by calling 1-800 444-2524.
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A Good Cause, A Good Excuse To Eat

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attendance,
support
arents interested in
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practices.
and married to other Jews
* Sunday schools have a "very •

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Jewish Day Schools

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should seriously consider a Jew-
ish day school education, ac-
cording to a new study
conducted by the Louis
Guttmann Israel Institute of
Applied Social Research.
Commissioned by the
New York-based Avi Chai,
a private foun-
dation that
funds Jewish,
pro-Israel projects,
the study is based
on the Council of
Jewish Federa-
tion's 1990 Na-
tional Jewish
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population survey.
Among the new study's
findings:
* Jewish day schools "are the
best vehicle for implementing
Jewish involvement and are the
only type of Jewish education
that stands against the very
rapidly growing rate of inter-
marriage."
* At least nine years of Jew-
ish education mark the most
significant upward jump in Jew-
ish involvement, including one's

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low and sporadic effect on Jew-
ish involvement."
* A Jewish education is the
most important influence (fol-
lowing being raised in an Or-
thodox home) on Jewish
involvement.
* Being raised
in a secular home
exerts a strong
negative
effect on
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despite years of Jew-
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* The more
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a person
has of Jewish ed-
ucation, the more times he
has visited Israel.
* Although not as strong as
with day schools, private tutors
also have a lasting effect on Jew-
ish involvement, far surpassing
part-time and Sunday schools.
* Seventy-nine percent of
those who attended day school
married other Jews; less than
half of those who had a differ-
ent kind of Jewish education
(Sunday schools, part-time
school) did so.

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ew York has just opened
the first Gilda's Club,
which offers free services
for cancer patients, in memory
of comedian and former Detroi-
ter Gilda Radner.
Ms. Radner died in 1989 of
ovarian cancer.
Organizers hope to see Gil-
da's Clubs established through-
out the United States. The clubs
will offer such programs as well-
ness groups for adults and chil-
dren with cancer; support
groups for family members of
cancer patients; and lectures on
the latest developments in can-
cer research.
For information, write Joan-
na Bull, Gilda's Club, P.O. Box
7, Radio City Station, New York,
NY 10101.

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Now under kosher supervi-
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Community Products, Inc.,
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Cohen of Ben and Jerry's
Ice Cream. His Rainforest
Crunch features cashew and
Brazil nuts harvested in the
Amazon rain forest. "Sublime,"
is how the New York Times
describes it.
Rainforest Crunch may
be ordered by calling
Community
Products, Inc.,
1-800-927-2695.

