The Jewish Community Center Of Metropolitan Detroit
& Chabad invite you to experience the
Barbara & Douglas Bloom
Attyth Liulttory
needs just a little something — a
touch of prune juice, a dab of horse-
radish. You can just imagine. And
If you're looking for a wonderful
so, in the end, the charoset is awful.
i text, full of new and rich ideas
But guess what?
I about Pesach, pass this up.
Next-door neighbor children
But if you enjoy absolutely lovely, I show up with some extra charoset
almost mesmerizing illustrations, this
they just happen to have left from
book is for you. These pictures are
"religious school." (Wow! What
I almost like something Chagall might
a coincidence.)
I do, and they draw you lovingly,
If this all sounds a little too cute,
warmly, into the text. They're often
you're absolutely right. The story is
thoughtful, a little magical, too.
not unbearable, if you only have to
The story, on the other hand, is
read it once. The drawings are
dumb-o-rama, and so gosh-darn
nice enough, but nothing you'll
politically correct. Check out these
want to look at again and again.
profound passages:
Bottom Line: Okay pictures,
"It's very important that we cele-
so-so story.
brate Passover every year," (the
father says). "Every year we talk
6. SAME OLD STORY
tabout what happened when we
All About Passover by Judyth
were slaves so that we won't forget
Groner and Madeline Wikler, with
what it feels like to be mistreated.
illustrations by Kinny Kreiswirth (Kar-
We talk about it so we'll remember
Ben Copies, $5.95).
I not to mistreat others and to pray
Each year, the Jewish book indus-
I for all of the people in the world
try sees a boom around two holi-
who don't have freedom." (Nice
days: Chanuka and Pesach. Under-
I idea — important one, too — but
standably, this can be challenging.
this is not the key message of Pesach.)
If you're creative (which, we hope,
I "My father says that Passover is a
authors, illustrators and publishers
I time to ask questions. So I do. And
are), it means you've got to come
I listen to the answers. But this year
up with something new — a new
think that Passover is most of all a
twist
on a familiar holiday, new
I wonderful feeling in my heart,
ideas for celebrating, new recipes.
I dayenu."
Or, you can do what these collab-
And this year, - I recommend that
orators did and come up with
you don't buy this book because
something decidedly un-new.
reading it will leave you with an
All About Passover provides basic
lawful feeling in your heart, dayenu.
information
about Pesach, but noth-
Bottom Line: A great picture
ing you can't read about in other
book, but pass on the text.
books, including the Haggada
15. TOO MUCH SUGAR
already on the shelf. This book talks
Too Many Cooks: A
about stuff virtually anyone already
I Passover Parable by Edie
knows: the Four Questions, the
1Stoltz Zolkower, with illustrations by
afikomen, the order of the seder.
Shauna Mooney Kawasaki (Kar-Ben
So here's my question for the
I Copies, $5.95).
authors: What, exactly, is the point
•
of this book?
Grandma is fixing her charoset
Bottom Line: Avoid it — like
when she starts talking on the
the plagues.
, phone. As each family member
passes by, he or she takes a taste
of the charoset, then decides it
I Fishman, with illustrations by
I Melanie W. Hall (Aladdin, $5.99).
I
Tours will be offered during which you will prepare and bake
matzah and learn about the fascinating festival of Pesach.
tuhcityt, AprIR
the
115-4:15 p.m. / $3 per child
Accompanying adults FREE!
Last tour begins at 3:30 p.m.
D. Dan & Betty Kahn Building
Eugene & Marcia Applebaum Jewish Community Campus
6600 West Maple Road • West Bloomfield, MI
Group tours may be scheduled by calling
Jewish Life & Learning at (248) 661-7649.
Additional support provided by: Benard L. Maas Foundation,
Hiram Dorfman and David Engelbert, Trustees; and Sunshine Treats
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