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or a part of Jewish culture and to understand

the difference. They should be given the histori-
cal information and it should be discussed.

"One can also incorporate an element of

tzedakah [righteous acts] into the celebration by

donating a costume to a school or theater, by

talking to children about what it's like not to have
food, and to be thankful for not having to ask for
it — then volunteer at Yad Ezra [the Berkley-

based kosher food bank]. You can teach a les-
son in giving."

CONSERVATIVE Rabbi Joseph Krakoff of

Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Southfield: "I
am, of course, concerned with Halloween's his-

tory — the pagan history, the history of ritual
sacrifice of animals and, some say, even

humans — but I understand that it's been rede-
fined over the years. Today, my concern is more
with the glorification of death. In Judaism, we
honor the dead and their memory. Modern-day

Above: A 2-year-old Little Red Riding Hood, circa 1971, grew up

to be Marla (Berman) Kaftan, currently of Birmingham.

trick-or-treaters dress up as sketelons, as mes-

Above, right: Melanie, 3, and Jason Teper, 5, of Farmington Hills
prepare to trick or treat in 2004.

sengers of death. The modern interpretation's
glorification of cfp ath is contrary to Jewish val-
ues.

Right: Then 7-year-old Noah Arbit, as a blue-and-gold macaw,
ruffled some feathers in 2003.

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