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mentsh Ben Stiller and
an afterword by Peretz
Bernstein (better known
as Jane's Addiction lead
singer Perry Farrell), Jews
Who Rock entertains as it
informs. Its full of tidbits
and trivia about musi-
cians — many of them
pioneers and legends —
who happen to have a
Jewish background.
Sure, the Jewishness of many in the
book, such as Bob Dylan, Bette
Midler and Adam Duritz of Counting
Crows, may either be common knowl-
edge by now, or may come as no surprise.
But Manfred Mann, Rush front man
Geddy Lee (he was born Gary Lee
Weinrib — the Geddy comes from the
way his Yiddish-speaking grandmother
pronounced "Gary") and Mick Jones of
The Clash?
The book also outs a roster of younger,
cutting-edge Jews, such as Beck, Save
Ferris' Monique Powell and half-Jews
Lenny Kravitz and Slash (of Guns N'
Roses). If the book has-one glaring flaw, it's
that more ink is spilt recapping career high-
lights, while less information is supplied on
the Jewish heritage from which these popu-
lar musicians derive.
With figures such as Sex Pistols
founder Malcolm McClaren and the half-
Jewish Courtney Love, such insight
might have been nice. And there are
some errors of fact — Oseary notes he's
getting complaints about wrong birth
dates and other biographical data.
Nevertheless, for any Jew who's ever
played the name game (i.e., every single
one of you), Jews Who Rock is a brisk, eye-
brow-raising read. Big bonus feature:
reprinting the lyrics of Adam Sandler's
"The Chanukah Song."
— Michael Aushenker
Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles
For The Kids
On Thursday evening, Dec. 21, Jews all
over the world will celebrate the begin-
ning of Chanukah by gathering in their
homes to light the first candle, greeting
this joyous festival with songs, latkes,
dreidel games and gifts.
What better presents could be selected
than books that tell a Chanukah story?
• The Runaway Latkes by Leslie
Kimmelman; Albert Whitman & Co.;
$15.95. Suggested age range: 5-10.
This charming fairy tale tells about
Rebecca Bloom, who was at the synagogue
frying latkes for the Chanukah party when
three of them jumped out of the pan and
led everyone on a merry chase that wound
up in the Applesauce River. Miraculously,
the water turned into real applesauce,
just enough for each of the pursuers
to have a bite of a lake with apple-
sauce. The book ends suitably with a
recipe for latkes.
• Light the Candles, by Joan Holub;
$6.99. Suggested age range: 2-6.
This "lift-the-flap" book has pic-
tures and sayings for each night of
Chanukah as the candles are lit. It
ends as friends visit on the last day
with its eight candles, and "Happy
Chanukah" wishes are expressed. Relying
on pictures rather than words, the book
manages to mention and show most
Chanukah activities.
• Jason's Miracle: A Hanukkah Story, by
Beryl Lieff Benderly; Albert Whitman &
Co.; $14.95. Suggested age range: 9-14.
Twelve-year-old Jason, who is studying
for his bar mitzvah, is upset because his
parents won't let him emulate his school-
mates and observe Christmas. His older
sister tells him to forget about it, but he
goes to sleep disgruntled on the first
night of Chanukah.
In his dream, he has a wonderful
adventure as he joins the army of Judah
Maccabee and helps in the victory and
the restoration of the Temple. When he
awakens, he tells his father that he now
understands the importance of preserv-
ing the Jewish heritage. This unusual
approach to the story of Chanukah has
considerable appeal.
• Kar-Ben Copies of Rockville,
Maryland is the most prolific publisher of
Chanukah books in particular and of
Jewish books for children in general. More
than a dozen Chanukah books, cassette
tapes and compact disks are available.
For example, Northern Lights ($6.95),
suggested age range 5-9, tells about the
celebration of Chanukah with an Eskimo
family following a forced landing in rural
Alaska by Sara and her father. Sammy
Spider's First Hanukkah ($6.95), suggested
age range 3-7, tells about a little spider
who watches the Shapiro family celebrate
Chanukah and finally receives a present
of socks with dreidels spun on them.
All About Hanukkah ($5.95), suggested
age range 5-10, tells the story of Chanukah
and then discusses candle lighting, bless-
ings, freedom, dreidels, gifts, recipes and
music. Jeremy's Dreidel, ($6.95), suggested
age range 6-10, tells how Jeremy made a
dreidel with dots in Braille for his blind
father. There are instructions for playing
the dreidel game and for making an envi-
ronmentally friendly dreidel, an optical
illusion dreidel and a dreidel ball.
Attractive colored pictures accompany
the text in all these books as well as in
Kar-Ben Copies' board, game, recipe,
story and craft books.
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