Congregation Shaarey Zedek
EdItoRis Note
Eugene & Marcia Applebaum
Jewish
Parenting
Center
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MUSIC & MOVEMENT
Music class for moms and babies. 3 months and older.
7 week class beginning Monday, July 6.
13kbies 10-17 months
9:0aCE.1-5 a.m. or 11:1 5-11:4 5 a.m.
Babies 3-9 months
10:30-11:00 a.m.
STRETCH & STROLL
Exercise & walking class for moms and babies. Birth-17 months.
7 week class beginning Monday, July 6. 10:00-11:00 a.m.
EVENINGS AT THE KITCHEN TABLE
A chat group for moms and babies. Birth through 15 months.
7 week class beginning Tuesday, July 7. 6:30-7:30 p.m.
KITCHEN TABLE
A chat group for moms and babies. Birth through 15 months.
7 week class beginning Wednesday, July 8. 9:45-11:00 a.m.
MUSIC & MOVEMENT
Music class for moms and babies. 3 months and older.
7 week class beginning Friday, July 10.
Babies 3-9 months
9:4\tladiA a.m. or 11:1 5-11:4 5 a.m.
Babies 10-17 months
10:30-11:00 a.m.
Class Fees: $35 members $50 non-members
For registration and more information on
Parenting Center Programs and Special Events,
Please contact JANET PONT at
(248) 681-5353
Fax: (248) 681-4251
E-MAIL: jpc@shaareyzedek.org
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A
hile I do not believe in
giving children every-
thing their little hearts
desire, I make an exception when it
comes to books and CDs/tapes.
Our shelves are overflowing with
childrenis books: Jewish and secular
ones, antique books and contempo-
rary finds, Dr. Seuss, poetry, biogra-
phies. I get them every-
where, from garage sales to
I bookstores, and often from
friends whose children have
outgrown stories of golden-
haired princesses, snuggle.
bunnies and turtles who do
not want to go to bed.
Reading is part of our
nightly ritual, then just before Yitz and
Adina go to sleep we turn on a cas-
sette tape. Adina loves Sophie's
Snail, by Dick King Smith, a wonder-
! ful British author. She so addicted
that once, when the tape recorder
failed, I had to read it (we also have
the book) before Adina would go to
sleep.
"We shall have to ring them up this
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"MORNING!" my children called
out.
"Right. We shall have to ring them
up this morning ..."
And then, when I identified
Sophie's brother as Mark, pronounc-
ing it just as it appears on this page,
the way any self-respecting American
would say it, Yitz quickly informed
me that the boy's name was
"Maaaahhk," chiding me as though I
had lost my senses, as though I were
a complete idiot.
Yitzhak's favorite is The Little Meno-
rah Who Forgot Chanukah; he has
heard it so many times that even the
normally patient Adina cries, "Please,
Yitz, please. Anything but the Little
Menorah!" when its her brother's turn
to pick a tape.
Every now and then I manage to
persuade Yitz and Aclinc to listen to
lullabies or collections of children's
songs. Or sometimes I turn these on
when we're in the playroom. What I
wait to hear is not the music on these
CDs, but the sound of my children
singing along.
"Dum, dum, diddle-de dum," Yitz
sings along with Uncle Moishy.
He also loves a riddle
song, a beautiful tune by
Sally Rogers called "Piri
Miri Dictum," and some-
times he sings stuff, a capel-
la, that has me completely
baffled, like "Talya vatova
have a tupie time."
His voice is so dear, so
tiny, so gentle. It has none
of that refined quality you hear in pro-
fessional choirs; but that's what I like
best about his singing: it is so heart-
felt and pure.
At 6, Adina has a little more control
over her voice, though it still distinct-
ly childlike. She knows the words to
"Arlon Olam„" Raffi's "Bowling is My
Kind of Game," and a catchy little
number listing all the parshas in the
Torah (she learned that at school).
The other day Adina and I were
coloring and listening to a tape
called Shiron L'Yeladim, sung by chil-
dren and published by the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations.
There's a song on there I especially
like called "This Is Very Good," recall-
ing God's words after he formed
Adam and Chava. "Man, woman
and child — all are good," the little
voices on the tape sang; then Adina
was singing along; and I put down
my crayon, and I listened, in awe, to
the words and all those voices, so
fresh and so sincere.
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Elizabeth Applebaum
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