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Disfavor the mystories, of the mon bonds of
the Web for Jew-
ancestors, history
ish family sites.
third rock from the sun.
and language: these
Even when you
are the roots of our Tree of Life."
have narrowed down your search —
The information here is basic,
suppose that your key words are Jew-
well-written
and engaging. At this
ish children" or "Jewish family" —
site, you can:
more often than not, you won't get
what you might imagine. Virtually
1 . Read the Children's Parsha
every Jewish Family Service organiza-
Learn about all the Jewish
2.
tion in the world has its own Web
holidays
site, there are many shops and indi-
Learn
about the Land of
3.
viduals that want to sell you their "Jew-
Israel (there are pages on
ish family" items, and many sites are
prominent cities and famous
devoted solely to a single holiday
areas, like the Dead Sea)
(and do you really want to read
4. Study the aleph-bet, and
about Chanuka now?).
print aleph-bet coloring
• Reform, Conservative
pages
and Orthodox sites
5. Read about Jewish
all have very
heroes from the Torah.
good family
The nice thing about
education and
this
site is that while it
information. If
is directed toward
you don't know
leS,
40,
children, it's a
where to start, look
great place
here.
games
an
d
move
.
for adults to
• A number of Web
go if you
sites for Jewish families are still
don't
know
something,
or if
under construction. In the coming
you would just like to review
weeks, be sure to check out natural-
jewishparenting.com, which advo- essential information you've
learned but may have forgotten.
cates a loving, gentle approach to

parenting.
And now, on to two sites your fami-
ly might enjoy:

#1) AKHLAH:
www.akhlah.com —

The friendly and helpful Web mas-
ters at this site begin with this mission
statement:
"We wish to provide
information about the tra-
ditions and practices of
all the major branches
of Judaism, for
although the
vagaries of geogra-
phy and circum-
stance have spread
these branches in
different directions, when
we look back, we share the com-

#2) SPARKS:
www.sparksmag.com —
This is the place to go if you've

always wanted to learn about
naked mole rats (and really, isn't.
that everyone?).
Don't worry: it's completely
tasteful (though you'll have to
check out the site
itself to find out what
they are) — and hip,
because Sparks
is about as
cool as it gets
when it comes
to Web sites for
kids age 8 and
nt. older.

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