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We Gave the World Moses
and Bagels: Art and Wisdom
of Jewish Children by David
Heller (Jewish Publication Society, $9).

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ings by cute children? Do we really
need another collection like this?
We do. We Gave the World
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Moses and Bagels is fun, charming
and educational all at once.
It% filled with quotes and illustra-
tions by children from throughout the
United States and Canada, address-
ing such subjects as what's great
about being Jewish, the most impor-
tant things a Jewish person needs,
biblical heroines and the difficulties
of being a bar or bat mitzvah.
"Is It Hard Being Jewish?" the
author asks.
Children respond: "Standing up
inusrrwa by N AN CY HAYASHI
for prayers for an hour is hard ... I
wish I could talk to God about
changing that."
My Two Grandmothers by Effin
"Celebrating holidays like
Older, with illustrations by Nancy
Passover is more fun than it is diffi-
Hayashi (Harcourt Inc., $16).
cult ... Although, if I had to cook for
30 guests, I might feel different."
Every so often a book comes along
"It's never hard if you believe in
that deals amazingly well with a chal-
God and you know that God
lenging situation. This, rest assured, is
loves you."
not one of them.
"The hardest thing is remembering all
My Two Grandmothers is the story
the blessings by heart. I always get the
of a little girl who has two grandmoth-
bread one wrong ... I guess I should
ers, Grammy Lane and Bubbe Silver.
be a doctor instead of a cantor."
Grammy lives on the farm; Bubbe
"Hard or easy, I like being Jewish. I
lives in an apartment. Grammy likes

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think it builds character. I wouldn't
trade it in."
"To be close to God is both hard
and easy ... It hard because we
can't see God but it easy because
God is with us even on the play-
ground."
Of course, if you're the kind
of person who doesn't like
reading about other people's
children, this book won't be
for you. The same names
appear time and again, and
you can just imagine the par-
ents beaming with pride at
the delightful comments their
children made. Fortunately,
such cynics are limited to the
selfish of heart. Everyone else
out there is going to love this
book.

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