COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLE

Christopher Robin,
Where Are You?

n celebration of the 70th anniversary of Winnie the
Pooh, the Children's Museum of Manhattan (CMOM)
is hosting a new hands-on exhibit, The World of Pooh,
through spring 1996.
Presented by Disney Consumer Products, the exhibit recreates
Winnie the Pooh's Hundred Acre Wood as a play environment for children
aged 2-7. Highlights include the houses of Owl and Rabbit, which children can enter and explore, visits to
Roo's sandy pit, learning to play Pooh's favorite game, Poohsticks, and "planting" in Rabbit's vegetable gar-
den.
Alongside the play area will be a "70 Years of Winnie the Pooh," exhibit, showing rare artifacts that trace
the history of Pooh. Visitors will be able to see first editions of the four original A.A. Milne books, signed by
the author and his son, Christopher Robin, and original Walt Disney animation cels.
The CMOM is a nonprofit institution founded in 1973. For information, contact the museum, 212 W. 83rd
St., New York, NY 10024, (212) 721-1223.

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Thanks Pal

hat do you do when you see people
begging for money on the street?
Do you give them something, or do
you just walk by? How do you decide how
much to give? Do you think that, as a Jew, you are
obligated to give money to everyone who asks for
it?
What do you think happens to people that they
come to be in such situations? How do you think
it feels for them to be begging?

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hances are your parents didn't
get anything interesting in the
mail yesterday, or the day be-
fore, or the day before that.
Grownups usually get a lot of bills
and a lot of junk mail and a lot of re-
quests for donations to tzedakah, but
rarely do they receive fun letters.
The Torah commands children to
honor their parents. One way to do
this would be to write your mother
and father a letter and let them know
how much you appreciate all they do
for you. Be sure to mention specifics,
like, "Mom, it meant the world to me

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that you baked cookies for the whole
class," and "Dad, I know you were
busy last night and I want to tell you
how grateful I am that you took time
to help me with my math home-
work."
Then all you have to do is stick on
a stamp, address the envelope and
put it in the mail.
It means a lot to people to have
things in writing. Making kind re-
marks is nice, too, but there's some-
thing especially fun about having it
written down, so you can go back
and look it over time and again. 4)

Parsha Project

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he coming week's Torah portion,
Genesis 37:1-40:23, is Va'yeshev.
This parsha recounts the rival-
ry between Yaacov's favorite son,
Yosef, and 10 of Yosefs brothers. The
brothers plot to get rid of Yosef and finally
decide to sell him to a passing caravan of
merchants. They then tell their father
that Yosef was killed by a wild beast.
Upon hearing the news, Yaacov falls into
a profound depression.
In the meantime, Yosef is sold as a
slave in Egypt. Eventually, he becomes
manager of his master's house. Yosef is
imprisoned after his master's wife false-
ly accuses him of assault. Yosef impress-

es his fellow prisoners with his ability
Do you have an idea
to interpret dreams.
or
photo that would be
For a project: Among the presents Yaa-
good
for The Jewish News
cov gave Yosef was what the Torah calls
Pun for the Family section?
a ketonet pasim. All the Torah com-
Please send to:
mentators agree it was a garment, yet
Elizabeth
Applebaum,
there is no consensus on what type.
The Jewish News,
cio
Family
Fun,
Some interpretations: it was a coat
27676 Franklin Rd.,
made for a king; a coat with stripes,
Southfield, MI 48034.
embroidery, ornaments, pictures or
Photos become the
many colors; a long coat; a coat made
property of The Jewish News
of fine wool or of silk.
and cannot be returned.
Make a model of what you think Yosefs
coat looked like. Use all kinds of materi-
als, from crayons and markers to feath-
ers and glitter and pieces of fabric.

What's
Cooking
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Did you know that Michi-
gan is this country's No. 1
producer of:
blueberries
sour cherries
dried navy, black and
cranberry beans
cucumbers for pick-
ling?
What if you made a Shab-
bat meal using all of these
ingredients (not together in
one dish, of course!). You
could find recipes or even
come up with your own.
Some to consider: bean
soup, blueberry muffins,
sour cherry pie, blueberry
soup, stew, cherry tarts.