Holiday
Learning

O

n Sunday, Beth Shalom stu-
dents and their families got
a lesson in the festival of
booths.
With assistance from the Agency
for Jewish Education's Jewish
Experiences for Families (JEFF) pro-
gram, Beth Shalom educators set up
seven activity stations, each teaching
about different aspects of the Sukkot
holiday.
Activities included singing, making
sukkah decorations, learning how to
build a sukkah and — in case anyone
was still hungry from the previous
day's Yom Kippur fast — eating
caramel apples.
"It was a full two hours of fun,"
said Shoshana Ben-Ozer, Beth
Shalom's education director, who
added that 180 students, parents and
grandparents attended.
The week-long holiday of Sukkot
began Wednesday night. El

Beth Shalom and JEFF
team up for "sukkah-rama.

JULIE WIENER StaffWriter

KRISTA HUSA Photographer

Top: Beth Shalom music
teacher Vivian Stollman
leads a group of students
and their parents in tradi-
tional Jewish melodies.

Above: Ariel Drissman, 11, and Michael Her, 4, use copper, string
and beads to build welcome signs for the sukkah.

Left: Gary Tencer and his daughter Lisa, 4, enjoy the festivities.

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