"the most incredible place
to have a Bar Mitzvah!"

- Geoffrey Sack
West Bloomfield

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classic recordings
that just don't
work?
This is espe-
cially true in this
case, though, be-
cause not only is
the artist adding
his own touches
to others' poetry,
he's working
with writings
that may be all
that remains of
children deport-
ed to a Nazi con-
centration camp.
These poems
are, for many, almost sacred,
and the music doesn't do them
justice. It's not especially mem-
orable and, unfortunately, at
times is almost tedious.
"Innocent Voices" was pro-
duced with the cooperation of
the U.S. Holocaust Memorial
Museum in Washington, YIVO
and the Jewish Museum in
Prague. For information, call I -
888-640-5678.

NEW IN
PRINT:

A Prayer for the Earth: The
Story of Naamah, Noah's
Wife by Sandy Eisenberg Sas-
so with illustrations by
Bethanne Anderson (Jewish
Lights, 1996).

, t e

There are two new beautifully
illustrated works that focus on
nature, with a Jewish twist.
A Prayer for the Earth tells
the story of Naamah, who
saves all the plants and trees as
Noah works to gather animals
before the flood. The text is
nicely worded, though it has

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that whole "women's spiritual-
ity" feel to it that can become
tiresome. For example, when
Noah sends a bird to check for
dry land, the creature balks.
But when Naamah asks, in a
gentle and loving voice ("Do
not be afraid. It is God who
has chosen you to be a mes-
senger), the bird of course
flies away.

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The Never-Ending Green-
ness by Neil Waldman (Mor-
row Junior Books, 1997).

404,00

The Never-Ending Greenness
is the story of a boy born in
Vilna who plants a tree which
develops into a grove in Eretz
Yisrael. The Van Gogh-like il-
lustrations are colorful and do
a wonderful job of giving a
real feel to the scene, especial-
ly in one picture where the
boy and his mother sit looking
over the hills. Inevitably, the
language becomes a little stilt-,
ed when it comes to religious
matters (though his mother
covers her hair, the boy refers
to Shabbat as "Saturday"), but
otherwise this is a pleasant
book.

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