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ews are told time and again to remember.
Many of our holidays celebrate events that took
place thousands and thousands of years ago. Do you
agree that it's important to remember these?
How do you feel about incidents from ancient Jewish his-
tory? Do you worry that, 100 years from now, people might
not find any reason to remember the Holocaust?
Do you think it's important to zachor, remember? If so,
why? Which is it easier to remember: painful or glorious oc-
casions? Do you feel more connected to the Jewish peo-
ple when you remember? What events from recent history
do you hope Jews of the future will remember and com-
memorate?

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The Good Old Days

uppose you could design the home of your
dreams. What would it look like?
Using just a pencil and paper, you can
create your own home. (Later, once the house has been drawn,
you can add pictures of furniture, plants and even pets cut out
from magazines). How many floors would you have? How many
rooms? Would your room be the biggest? Would your home be near
a lake, in the forest, on a mountaintop? Would you have a lot of
windows, or just a few? Would you have the whole place carpet-
ed, or do you prefer wood floors? Do you like high ceilings or low?
Would you have a fireplace, a skylight, a winding staircase?
While you're doing all the artistic work, don't forget the ne-
cessities, like closets and bathrooms.

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Dream A
Little Dream,

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o you believe in the
power of dreams?
. You might remem-
ber that Joseph had an
amazing ability to interpret
dreams. But did you know that
Jewish literature is filled with
discussions about dreams?
There is much consideration
about the meaning of dreams.
Some scholars believed they rep-
resented nothing but the dream-
ers' concerns. Jonathan, King
Saul's son and King David's
friend, said that "a man is shown
in a dream only what is sug-
gested by his own thoughts."
Others regarded dreams to be
a kind of prophecy from God.
One prayer in the Talmud
states: "Sovereign of the Uni-
verse, I am Thine and my
dreams are Thine. I have dreamt
a dream and do not know what
it is. Whether I have dreamt

Food For
Thought

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hould you say tofu cheese,
please?
Not with this brand,
members of The Jewish
News staff say.

Lite & Less Veggy Singles
(made with organic tofu) —
certified O-U dairy (not cholov
Yisrael)

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about myself, or my companions
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have dreamt about me, or I have
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dreamt about others, if they are
good dreams, confirm and rein-
force them like the dreams of
Hain Vegetable Crackers
Joseph, and if they require a
(made with stone-ground or-
remedy, heal them ..."
Try keeping a record of your ganic whole wheat) — certi-
own dreams to see what you're fied 0-U dairy
thinking about when you sleep.
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Put a pen and paper by your bed
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so you can write the dream down
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the moment you wake up. Do
you see recurring themes? A lot
About the tofu cheese
of people say they find in their
"Bland. Tastes more like the
dreams answers to questions plastic wrapper than the cheese."
that plagued them during the — Staff Writer Ruth Littmann
day. They dream where they lost
a ring, or what they want to tell
"This has the consistency of
a friend but forgot. Is this true that horrible 'processed cheese
for you?
food,' but I like the fact that it's
(For more information about tofu. I like the idea more than I
dreams, take a look at the En- like the reality." — Staff Writer
cyclopedia Judaica.)
Julie Edgar

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About the crackers

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he next time you visit an
antique store or flea
market, take a look at
the old postcards. You
might be surprised to find a
number of them with Jewish
themes.
Some of the cards have hol-
iday messages, especially for
a happy Rosh Hashanah. Oth-
ers show everyday scenes, such
as getting ready for Shabbat or

a dinner table with family (food
is a frequent subject). Addi-
tionally, many companies be-
gan publishing postcards when
Israel was established, and in
the first years of the state.
Most of the postcards you'll
find cost between $2 and $10,
though there are some espe-
cially valuable (and thus ex-
pensive) ones out there, too.

"I like the fat-free crackers bet-
ter, the kind that have cracked
pepper. This needs salt or some-
thing. But if you were starving
and this was the only thing avail-
able, you could eat it." — Dhar-
lene Norris, a member of the
sales staff

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"Pressed sawdust." — Julie
Edgar

"Tastes like corrugated card-
board with a dilute blend of
spices mixed in. Wouldn't even
tempt me to cheat on a diet." —
Ruth Littmann

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