4 4' k 1,1 ok, (141kek,. k‘n,ss U.‘b-M .k..44UCAO Blanketed In Caring A gift at the death camps, and other acts of kindness. day a g ift of love from M.B. jewelers is worn. ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR M.B. jewelry Desig n has g ifts that cost the same as Remind her of you r- love everyday with a Valentine's or more than 10 years, lis- Loves Kids (Kar-Ben Copies, teners have poured into Inc.) is a 288-page guide by Bar- Jerusalem College and bara Sofer, listing adventures Pardes Institute to hear even the most well-seasoned vis- Avivah Gottlieb Zornberg's per- itor to Israel probably has never encountered. spectives on the Torah. When visiting Ashkelon, check What's all the fuss? In a nation of biblical experts, what does Mrs. out the Hafetz Hayim Kibbutz Zornberg have that's so unusual? Water Park, a water park for re- Genesis: The Beginning of ligious families (separate swim- Desire (Jewish Publication So- ming for the sexes). In nearby ciety of America) is a col- 157rr lection of Mrs. Zornberg's 11-13-11' writings. It reveals her XING DAVID ability not only to incorpo- rate insight from tradi- tional commentators (like VN 7S1' f1-1 Rashi) and modern schol- DIN ars (like Walter Benjamin) 1 . 1 20Maril — no small feat, consider- ing the dearth of material Latin irrnn tt!TO out there — as well as her 16 .* /14 • 3,3t1 own understanding of the text, but also her sheer mastery of the English lan- Where to start in Jerusalem? One author has guage. It is mesmerizing. some ideas. She discusses, for exam- ple, the curious relationship be- Ashdod, you can see the Golfitek tween Jacob and his wife, Leah. miniature golf course. Jerusalem, of course, has hun- Jacob, of course, was actually in love with Leah's sister, Rachel, dreds of activities including: *A tour of the Givat but was tricked into wedding her Mordechai Firehouse (the east older sister. "In some real sense, Leah be- Jerusalem station features Tren- comes Rachel during the night. kle, a fire engine that walks up- That is the very nature of the stairs). *The Magic Road in East Tal- night, of the world of exile. Iden- tities meld into one another, faces piot. Its odd geological configura- and forms swirl in the dark, meet- tions make it seem as though ing and splitting off, beckoning you're driving uphill when you're really going down. and mocking." *The First Temple Model, And discussing Esau's rela- tionship with his family, she says, where you can don 3-D glasses to "Until now (when he trades his see a model of Jerusalem. *The Eyn Yael Living Muse- birthright), Esau has presented himself to his father in such a way um, an outdoor facility with arts- that Isaac has been 'nurtured' by and-crafts and other fun projects him, has received delight from (weaving, bread and cheese-bak- him. That is, Esau has functioned ing, milking a cow) for children in the world of seeming: He is a from preschool age to teens. Kids Love Israel features more good actor, whose force of being arouses passion... Till now, Jacob than just what to do in Israel. It might have said, like Hamlet, also includes a checklist of how to `Seems? 1 know not seems.' He has get organized before you go, all engaged in no 'action' — in the about food, places to stay and sense that method actors use the ways to get around. word, to denote the full intent of n Making Peace with the a particular scene, the desire and PLO (Wes tview), David struggle that underlie the mere Makovsky gives an inside ac- spoken word. Essentially, he has count of how and why Yitzhak not engaged with either his father Rabin came to meet with Yassir or his brother at all." A native of England, Mrs. Zom- Arafat. Basing his report on in- berg studied at the Gateshead terviews with Israeli, Palestinian, seminary and Cambridge Uni- American and Egyptian leaders, versity, from which she holds a he provides a portrait of the late Rabin himself, as well as those doctorate in English literature. who helped shape the Oslo Ac- i) tanning a trip with the chil- cord. He also considers row such in- dren to Israel? (Oooh, you are brave!) There's a new cidents as Israel's 1992 deporta- guide you'll want to take a tion of radical Islamics, and its retaliation against Hezbollah look at. Kids Love Israel: Israel rocket attacks during the Gulf - 1 RED SEA 'at Valentine's Day, February 141h, receive a - LU PHOTO/DOUGLAS GU fi February .I' through PROPFIETS 512Es M.B. JEWELRY DESIGN & MFG. LTD. Applegate Square • 29847 Northwestern Hwy. 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