Congregation Shaarey Zedek EdItoRis Note Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Parenting Center er 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 If you are not wearing it... sell it!... or BORROW on it! A Service to Private Owners, Banks & Estates Gem/Diamond Specialist 30400 Telegraph Rd. • Suite 134 Bingham Farms 248-642-5575 4. • 40 ari ■ AV Aime. 248-851-CARS 6/26 1998 Fine Jewelers Est. 1919 Lawrence M. Allan, President °Til 5:30 Sat. 'ill 3 NEW & USED CAR BROKER 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 evening You can't enjoy jewelry if it's sitting in your safe deposit box. Sell or borrow on it for immediate cash. We deal in jewelry, watches & gemstones. AWARDED CERTIFICATE BY GIA IN GRADING & EVALUATION Tiny Voices David Roseninan's AUTO mom PIUMIASERS 248-851-2271 " "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. ❑ Elizabeth Applebaum AppleTree Editor ALES • LEASING • BUYING 66 N