• Are you battling with your
child over food?
• Is your child sneaking food?
Chanuka party of his Jewish motor-
cyclist group, the "Chai Riders."
• A menora with a working
clock in the base below the can-
dles, with Hebrew letters for the
numbers. Made of imitation mar-
ble, signed by Israeli artist "Yossi.
$90 at Esther's Judaica & Gift
World in West Bloomfield.
• A dramatic, bronzed cast-iron
"Burning Bush" menora by
Hungarian Holocaust survivor
Jacob Rosenthal. $104 at Esther's.
• A line-up of candleholders
shaped like silver-plated present
boxes, with gold-plated bows, by
Goldinger Silver Art Co. $30 at
Borenstein's Book & Music Store
in Oak Park.
• A plethora of novelty
menorot, mostly cast poly-resin or
ceramic. Mickey Mouse menorot
and a Winnie the Pooh scene. $75
at Borenstein's.
• Menorot by Israeli artist Yigal,
with cute candle-holding figures
like Noah's Ark animals or a rebbe Russian silver menora, 1867, from the
and students. $150 at Esther's.
Harvey and Ethel Goldman Ceremonial
• Aviv Judaica menorot, with
Collection at Temple Beth El
detailed old-time Jewish scenes,
such as Delancy
Street on New
York's lower east
side (including
pickle barrels!)
or a group of
rabbis learning
in a shul.
Another Aviv
Judaica menora
at Esther's fea-
tures a band of
klezmer musi-
cians and con-
tains a music
box, which
Motorcycle menora, by Copa Judaica
plays "Maoz
Tzur." All $100
at Esther's.
"Menorot of the World," features a
• An Agam-type menora, with
detailed row of different building
accordion-pleated pictures of stars of
facades from various time periods
David, doves, etc., in the base, that
and places around the world (i.e.:
change with the viewing angle. Made
13th century Spain, 18th century
in Israel by Lidar, with 24K gold and
North Africa), each with a golden
silverplate accents. $120 at the
miniature historical menora by the
Jewish Community Center and
window. $225 at Esther's.
Temple Beth El gift shops.
• For traditionalists, a tall, silver-
• A numbered edition
plated candelabra-type oil cup meno-
"Neighborhoods of Jerusalem" meno-
ra by Goldinger Silver Art Co. $45
ra, cast from a clay blend containing
at Borenstein's.
Jerusalem stone, with a line of build-
• Menorot are also available at
ing replicas, such as the Tower of
Spitzer's Hebrew Book & Gift
David, Mea She'arim, and the Old
Center in Southfield, Ilona &
City, by Maude Weissner of Toby
Gallery in West Bloomfield, Ariana
Maude Originals. $65 at Temple
Gallery in Royal Oak, Tradition!
Beth El gift shop.
Tradition! in Southfield, and other
• Another Maude Weissner piece,
synagogue gift shops. 17
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• Is your child gaining too
much weight?
• Do weight problems
run in your family?
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