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Passover Story Hour
Attracts Large Crowd
JILL DAVIDSON SKLAR STAFF WRITER
itting on the floor of Bor-
ders Books and Music in
Farmington
Hills,
Zachary
Ainsztein
grabbed a green marker from
his mother, Amy, and began to
scribble on a pillow case.
"I'm going to use this at our
seder," the 4-year-old said, hold-
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ish Community Center in Oak
Park, was sponsored by the
Agency for Jewish Education
and Jewish Experiences For
Families.
The hour began with three
Jewish tales told by Laura Per-
shin of Ann Arbor. The partici-
pants, packed into the expansive
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Garry and their children, Bryan
and Caryn, said both the chil-
dren and the parents were en-
thralled.
was definitely listening. Ms.
Pershin was very good, very cre-
ative," she said.
Karen Dubrinsky, communi-
ty relations coordinator for the
Farmington Hills Borders
store, said the turnout was
bigger than most of the
past story hours which did
not have Jewish themes.
"We have had 50 chil-
dren for some of our story
hours," she said. "We may
do this more often. Not
every month, but more of-
ten."
She said she hopes the
Far left: Ryan Rivkin decorates
his pillow case.
Left: Laura Pershin acts out a
story about King Solomon.
Below: The Passover event
attracted 130 participants.
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ing the case so his mother could
see his handiwork. "I'm going to
use it to lay down, right mom?"
"Right, Zachary," Ms. Ain-
sztein said. "He loves Passover.
It is one of his favorite holidays
because he gets to look for the
afikomen."
Zachary, his mother and his
4-month-old sister, Rachel, were
some of the 130 people who par-
ticipated Sunday in a Passover
story hour followed by crafts.
The story time, along with a
similar event held at the Jew-
children's book section of the
bookstore, clapped along with
the stories, doing hand motions
Ms. Pershin taught them at the
beginning of the session.
Following the stories, each
child was given a pillow case to
decorate for Passover as well as
a kit to make a tactile Hag-
gadah. Family groups then
gathered in groups on the floor,
coloring the cases using stencils
and permanent markers.
Marlene Zeitlin, who came to
the event with her husband
store will col-
laborate more
with AJE and
JEFF to hold
more story
hours in the
future.
"As long as
we have books
on the subject,
we would be
happy to do this
again," she said.
Julia Green-
blatt, program
coordinator for
JEFF, said she
hopes more of
the children will
attend future
story hours
which are held
on a monthly
basis at the
Agency for Jew-
ish Education Community Li-
brary.
"Usually half as many children
show up for story time," she said,
surveying the crowd of 4- and 5-
year-olds. "Hopefully they will
come to the next one."
Et Maureen Schiffinan and Coco
will perform at the next story
time which will be held 2-4 p.m.
Sunday, May 7, at the Agency for
Jewish Education, 21550 W. 12
Mile Road, in Southfield. To reg-
ister, call Naomi at (810) 354-
1050.