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say lilah toy (good night).

ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM
AppleTree Editor

erhaps you wish sweet
dreams to your sweet ones
with a bouquet of kisses. Or
maybe you tuck them in at
night and snuggle together. Or maybe
you sing them a lullaby, like Abraham
Goldfaden's Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
(Raisins and Almonds), the story of a
Jewish widow who sits "in a corner of
the Holy Temple ... rocking her only
son, Yidele, to sleep."
Or maybe you're just saying, "Could
you please go to bed?" as your child asks
for another drink, another story, another
something to eat, and "Will you lie with
me?" and then announces: "I'm not
tired."
Bedtime for parents of young children
can be both a lovely and a challenging
time. Now, the Jewish Family Education
Project of Metropolitan Detroit wants to
give families the tools they need to make
their bedtime rituals — whether it's a
story or a song or another snack —
Jewish.
From to 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.
11, at the Jewish Community Center in
West Bloomfield, the Family Education
Project will kick off its first venture,
"Shhhhma and Sweet Dreams." The free
program, which is open to the commu-
nity, will help Jewish families learn new
ways to incorporate Judaism and Jewish
tradition into their bedtime routines.
Jewish Family Education is supervised
by Jewish Experiences for Families
(JEFF), and is one of the initiative of the
Jewish Federation of Metropolitan
Detroit's Alliance for Jewish Education.
"It's really simple to make bedtime a
Jewish time," said Lisa Soble Siegmann,
who is JEFF/Jewish Family Education
project director.
"You can say the Shema, and V'ahavta.
Or, if you're going to sing your children
a song, sing them a Jewish song.

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"Our goal is to provide you with the
tools that enable a family to enrich the
rituals of bedtime."
The program, which is especially
geared to families with children ages 7
and younger, will host different stations.
At one, children will be able to create
their own "Shema pillowcase" while par-
ents discuss various bedtime rituals.
Another will feature music for bedtime,
along with breathing and relaxation
techniques for parents and children. A
third station will focus on Jewish stories,
which will be for sale at the JCC's Jewish
Book Fair Nov. 8-18. This station will
also feature a healthful bedtime snack
and My Bedtime Shema Activity Book,
into which families can insert a child's
picture.
At the event, families will be able to
place their order for a new compact disc
featuring the talents of local cantors and
cantorial soloists Chaim Najman of
ShaPrey Zedek; Samuel Greenbaum of
Beth Shalom; Earl Berris of B'nai
Moshe; Lori Corrsin of Temple Israel;
Penny Steyer of Shir Shalom; and Lisa
Soble Siegmann of Shir Tikvah. The
CD, to be released this December,
marks the first such joint effort by local
cantors and cantorial soloists.
Soble Siegmann, who coordinated the
program, gives special thanks for fund-
ing to "Mandell and Madeleine Berman,
and their never-ending support for fami-
ly education."
The "Shhhma and Sweet Dreams"
event includes contributions of eight
family educators, representing "a part-
nership between congregations and local
agencies and Federation's Alliance for
Jewish Education," Soble Siegmann said.
Each family educator works with a
different local synagogue. Their sole
responsibility and priority is Jewish fam-
ily education, with the majority focus
being early childhood education." ❑

Saturday, November 10, 2001 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

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