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Saturday, March 14

DROP-IN WORKSHOP: Purim, 11 a.m. 1:30 p.m.
As part of the celebration of Purim,
make a prop connected to the 2 p.m.
PuppetArt show.

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PUPPET SHOW: Purim Shpiel, 2 p.m.
Using elaborately costumed puppets
and colorful, ornate sets, PuppetArt
American-Russian Theater presents
the story of Esther, her husband King
Ahasuerus of Persia, her foster father
Mordecai, and the courtier Haman
from the Book of Esther in the Bible.
In Yiddish, but presented so all can
understand.

Puppeteer Igor Gozman with
"Uncle Mordecai."

For information, call (313) 833-4249.

Museum hours: 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays; 11 a.m.-5 p.m. weekends

Museum admission: recommended $4 adults, $1 children, members free.

Programs made possible with support from the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs.

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ife, I have found, is a never-
ending cacophony of studies.

I'm an unflappable Coke drinker,
and it seems that at least once a
I week I hear that drinking soda pop
may cause some dreaded disease
or may inhibit pregnancy or may
result in sleeplessness or may even
cause those who
I indulge daily to
think there really is a
story line to "The
Bold and The
I Beautiful."
Consequently, I do
my best to avoid
I studies and surveys
and research that
prove this or that.
I Usually.
The other day I
saw that physicians
at the Harvard
Medical School now believe that
babies who sleep with their parents
and are held often are less likely to
suffer personality disorders.
"[Sleeping alone] makes you
more prone to the effects of stress,
more prone to illness including men-
' tal illness and makes it harder to
I recover from illness," Dr. Michael
Commons said at the annual meet-
:
ing of the American Association for
the Advancement of Science.
"These are real changes and they
don't go away."
In what are regarded more primi-
tive cultures, he continued, babies
are routinely held and touched and
regularly sleep with their parents. In
such cultures, reports of stress are
low. But here in the United States,
we can't wait to get our children
out of our arms into their own little
cribs. And if they sob at night, why,
what better way to teach them to
get used to sleeping alone than to
let them "cry it out."
These days, whenever I take my
three little dears out of the house I'm
most likely to hear, "You've certainly
of your hands full!" ("I do," I
always reply. "And it's wonderful.")

But when our first child, Adina, was
born, and my husband and I let her
sleep in bed with us; and we held
her close and danced with her and
kissed her forever, the inevitable ral-
lying cry was, "You'll spoil her."
Well, you're probably thinking
that I'm going to pat myself on the
back and say how utterly brilliant I
am and cast a dis-
paraging glance at
all those who told
me not to "spoil" my
child with affection.
You're right.
In fact, my hus-
band and I have
been "spoiling" all
three of our children
ever since they were
born. Yitz slept with
us until he was 2
1/2 (and usually
still comes in, in the
middle of the night). <
Talya, now 1, falls asleep in my
arms dnd then stays with us all
night. I suspect she'll be there for
many months to come.
But I have to tell you the truth: I'm
not doing this just for my children.
I'm also doing it for me.
My dresser is filled with perfumes:
Parfum d'ete (my favorite) and rose
scents and lily of the valley. But
none smell so sweet as the scent of
my baby when I hold her close.
"If you died and went to heaven,
this is what it would smell like,"
actor Chazz Palmienteri said as he
held his baby boy, Dante.
Yes, I know, I know. It's that sweet
fragrance. That's why I cannot bear
to be away from my child for long,
why I let her sleep with me, linger
in my arms. It's that sweet smell —
fresh, pure and tender — as new
as this moment, as eternal as the
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Elizabeth Applebaum
AppleTree Editor

