COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLES
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Flying
High
Match Game
Faces
And Places
Tidbits from
Jewish history.
osef (Yossele) Rosen-
blatt (1882-1933) was
one of the world's lead-
ing cantors and com-
posers of Jewish liturgical
music.
He was born in Russia where
he was a child prodigy. By age
18, he already was a chazzan,
cantor, at a synagogue in
Mukachevo. He immigrated in
1912 to the United States, serv-
ing as the first chazzan of Ohab
Zedek Synagogue in New York.
A tenor, Cantor Rosenblatt
made numerous tours both in
Europe and the United States,
where he was popular with Jews
and gentiles. He also made the
big screen in the first full sound
film ever produced, starring as
Al Jolson's voice in The Jazz
Singer.
Cantor Rosenblatt, who also
wrote hundreds of liturgical
tunes, was so beloved that the
s le of his recordings continued
lo after his death.
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as appearing in a Yiddish
film.
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Here's a Jewish version of a game,
Memory, that just about everybody loves.
YOU WILL NEED:
several pieces of cardboard or white paper
scissors
pens or crayons
Begin by creating an even number of cards (of any size) out of the
paper or cardboard. The more you make, the more challenging the game
will be.
Next, think of as many Jewish symbols as you can. Some ideas: a Star
of David, an outline of the State of Israel, a
menorah, a challah, a piece of matzah. Draw
the same design on two different cards, and con-
tinue for as long as you like, making two cards
with each different symbol.
Now you're ready to play the game. To be-
gin, place all the cards face down and arrange
in rows. Each person takes a turn revealing two
cards at a time, trying to match those with the
same design. If he does not, he must turn the cards upside down and give
another player a try. If he does make a match, he gets to keep the cards.
The person with the most pairs at the end of the game wins.
Parsha Project
T
his coming week's
Torah portion,
Deuteronomy 21:10-
25:19, is Ki Teytzey.
Like much of the book of
Devarim, the parsha con-
siders a variety of mitzvot:
the treatment of women
captured in war, the inheri-
tance share of the firstborn
son, the rebellious son,
hanging and burial, return-
ing lost articles, the fallen
animal, taking chicks out of
a nest, guard rails on a
house, agriculture, tzitziy-
ot, adultery, rape, mar-
riage, managing the army
camp, slavery, prostitution,
interest, vows, labor law,
divorce, cross dressing, kid-
napping, harvesting, flog-
ging, weights and
measures, remembering
Amalek.
Verses 24: 20-21 state
that when a Jew harvests
the fruit from his olive tree
or vineyard, he must not
take every last fruit. In-
stead, he should leave some
for the poor gleaners.
For a project, consider
the moral lesson the Torah
is teaching us: Once we
have enough to satisfy all
our needs, we must provide
for those who cannot do so
for themselves. Discuss
ways in which our non-
agricultural society can
adapt this mitzvah.
Before you throw out those
foam trays that come on the
bottom of meat, consider re-
cycling them: into El Al
planes!
The soft foam is flexible
and flies well, perfect ma-
terial for a jet to fly around
your house and especially
into your sister's room to
drive her crazy.
First, wash the foam with
soap and water. After it
dries, trace three shapes:
one large piece to serve as
the front wing; a second
(about half the size of the
first) for the rear wing, or
stabilizer; and a third, the
largest, which will become
the body of the plane.
This next part may re-
quire adult supervision.
Carefully cut two slits into
the side of your new plane,
one each for front and rear
wings.
Now comes the fun part:
decorating. El Al planes are
blue and white, the colors of
the State of Israel. They also
bear a flag of Israel on the
top of the tail and the words
El Al (to the skies) at the
front.
Your plane is now ready
to fly.
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