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COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLE

Something To Sing About

Fun Food

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ow do you feel about
Jews who convert to
another religion?
Do you believe we
should encourage them to re-
turn to Judaism, or do you
think they have made their de-
cision and that's it?
Why do you think people
convert from Judaism to an-
other faith? What can be done
to prevent it?

ere's a nice gift you can
make for your parents,
other family members
and friends.
Prepare a collection of fa-
vorite traditional or original
Jewish songs. (DO NOT select
contemporary pieces as this pro-
ject involves photocopying, which
could violate copyright laws).
Write or type the words to these
songs (placed in the middle of the
piece of paper), then design the page.
You can draw by yourself or use pho-
tographs, ribbons, cut-out designs
from antique postcards and other
small treasures to illustrate.
Take your final work to be photo-
copied (if you can afford it, adding col-
or is a great idea) and bound together.
Now you'll have your own family song-
book, which you can use at holidays and
on Shabbat, or any time you're in the
mood for a good song.

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It's Raining, It's Pouring You Drive Me Wild

he first day of spring is
just around the corner
(March 20). So forget
the snow and start
thinking rain!
Here are some fun
things to do once it gets
warm enough to play out-
side in the rain:
*Take a long walk and
see how your street looks
different just after a rain.
You'll find rainbows in the
street, plenty of worms,
and many small streams
where you can float leaf
boats.
*Play with food colors
in puddles. Use a stick to
mix and then draw pic-
tures on your driveway.
They'll stay until the next
big storm.

*If there's no thunder or
lightning, consider playing in
the mud outside while it rains.
It's fun!

f you're a teen-ager and
your parents are driving
you crazy, or you're a par-
ent and your teen-ager is
driving you crazy, consider help
from Anthony Wolf
Dr. Wolf is a clinical psy-
chologist and the author of Get

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Out of My Life, But First Could
You Drive Me and Cheryl to the
Mall? (Noonday Press/Farrar,

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Straus and Giroux). He will be
speaking at 7:30 p.m. Wednes-
day, March 13, at the Apple-
baum Jewish Parenting
Center.
Perhaps you have asked
yourself, "Why does my teen-
ager act as though he is aller-
gic to me?" or "How can my
teens act like total creeps, then
expect I'll do everything for
them?" At the seminar, Dr.

f you think food has to be the
same old boring thing week
after week — THINK
AGAIN!
Using ordinary items from
around the house, you can cre-
ate your own delicious circus.
Here are some ideas of good
foods to use:
round and square crackers
pieces of carrot or celery, sliced
in quarters and about 3 inches
tall
broccoli tops, chopped
cherry tomatoes
pieces of cheese sliced into var-
ious shapes
strawberries, sliced
pimento olives
bread slices
cream cheese, blended with
different jellies (to create differ-
ent colors)
raisins
bananas, cut in half and in
quarters
cooked spaghetti (without the
sauce)
Now, here are some animals
to make:
*Create a lion using a crack-
er for a head, spaghetti for a
mane and tail, raisins for the
eyes and mouth, a slice of bread
for the body, and celery or car-
rot sticks for the legs.
*Make a clown using crack-
ers for the head and body, cheese
and fruit slices to decorate, olives
for buttons, banana slices or dif-
ferent cream-cheese spreads for
hair.
*Create a trapeze artist using
strawberry slices for the body,
spaghetti strips for the arms and
legs, and an olive for the head.
*Make the ringmaster's head
with a slice of bread, olives for
the eyes, a carrot nose and broc-
coli tops for the hair.
You also can make cages for
your wild animals using the ba-
nana pieces and carrot slices.

Wolf will address these ques-
tions and offer practical solu-
tions for parenting the
adolescent.
Topics he will address in-
clude: how to communicate
with your teen, teen cliques,
and whether parents should try
to change a child's behavior.
The program costs $5 a per-
son, and reserva-
tions are
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requested. Call the
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