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…September 1996fTishrei 57 Flag Day: Getting ready for Simchat Torah. HELPING JEWISH FAMILIES GROW Say cheese! Favorite family photos. Marvelous Michigan: TM Horsing around on Mackinac Island. PUBLISHED BY THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS • • • SMALL BITES: A DELIGHTFUL JESTER AND A YOUNG MAN'S LEGACY TO CHILDREN WITH CANCER. …
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…HELPING JEWISH FAMILIES GROW YOUTI-EATRE Announces its 1996-1997 SEASON of Professional Live Theatre at MUSIC HALL PUBLISHED BY THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Publisher Arthur Horwitz FOR AGES 3-6YEARS Art Director Debbie Schultz Copy Editor Gail Zimmerman Contributing Writers Lynne Konstantin Mark Lichterman Diane Schaefer Jill Davidson Sklar Photographers Daniel Lippitt Glenn Triest Business Manager Marianne B. Taylor Production Manager ...…
…Contents september David Saltzman laughed in the face of agony. page 8. CELEBRATE Where's the party? Right here! Decorating and cooking ideas for Simchat Torah. SMALL BITES How a jester is helping children throughout the country, charting your baby's development, and gasp aliens land in Detroit! JARC residents, with Rabbi David Nelson of Congregation Beth Shalom. page 12 T H E APP LETR E E A new book of beauty and despair. page 30. ON ...…
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…' • \ 0••000•* ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM EDITOR alk about a great party! Simchat Torah means dancing and singing, candy treats and general merriment — right there in the synagogue or tem- ple. Who would have thought religious services could be so much fun? Simchat Torah marks the end of Sukkot, the 23rd of Tishrei (this year, beginning the evening of Saturday, Oct. 5). On this day, congregations complete the reading of the Torah by reciting the f...…
…. Cy kinatal •NIVE01, W%Atiall III ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ Picture Perfect T ips for getting the best possible photos of your children (in no particu- lar order): #1) Know how to use your camera. Whether you have a point-and-shoot or a sophisti- cated SLR (Single Lens Reflex), you can't get good shots if you don't know what you are doing. #2) Make sure you have a willing subject #3) Get close! Fill up the frame with your subje...…
…Finding Time For Food 4111 -- SODOR WOOD Co. STEPHANIE CULP SPECIAL TO THE APPLETREE Q. I want to make certain my daughter eats a healthy, well-balanced meal in the morning, but I find it hard to coordinate my mornings to do this Also, I want to make sum she eats healthy snacks, lunches (she takes them to school) and din- ners. My nights already are crazy. Help! A. Your goal of providing healthy food for your daughter is an important an...…
…Small TEMPTING BITS OF INTEREST AND INFO. Let's Face It! COMPILED BY ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM Before you head off to a place where you're looking at a long wait (like the doctor's office) or where your child is likely to be bored (like a shopping trip), make a booklet of blank faces to help keep your son or daughter entertained. All you need is an empty notebook, or pieces of white paper that you have stapled to- gether, and crayons. Stickers ...…
…You will need: • paper Bank On It Here's a great game to play with your children on a rainy day. It's called Family Dollars, and it's educational and fun, to boot. First, decide exactly which denominations you want to work with; you can be realistic ($1s and $5s), or think big with some of those wonderful $1,000 bills. Remember, though, you will have to find photographs for and design each denomination. You might want to start out with four...…
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…We Teach. We Reach. our doors open to all our Jewish community's youth, including those affiliat- of it. Here at Temple Beth El we have made it a point to reach out to Jews ed elsewhere. And it's why we offer summer camp programs and full nursery throughout our community. That's why our new Congregational Educator, service for children as young as 18 months. Because what we at Temple Beth Joyce Seglin, has instituted programs not just f...…
…J ernm ini he holiday is over The sukkah is down. It's time to get back to work. But what about that etrog. After all, it cost enough mon- ey. One possibility is making et- rog jam. This recipe comes from Hanna Ungar of Oak Park, who regularly makes this delicious concoction, which she herself invented, for family and lucky friends. T Etrog jam I etrog 2 lemons 2 oranges 1 /2 cup water 2 cups sugar THE APPLETREE ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM EDITOR...…
…ing throughout the desert dur- ing the Exodus. Orthodox and Conservative congregations celebrate the first two and the last two days of Sukkot as full festival days, which can mean no labor or creative work, no watching TV or turning lights on and off. Most Reform temples recog- nize the first day of Sukkot as a festival. Sandwiched in-be- tween is what is known as chol-ha-moed, or the interme- diate days, when one is permit- ted to drive, s...…
…■■■■■ . . , ■■•■■ . Harvest oon the cold smell of winter will be at the door, with clouds the color of smoke hanging from the sky and trees shivering in the cool at If you don't mind the slight chill outdoors, though, there's still plen ty of time to take advan- tage of the fresh fruits and vegetables, many of which you can pick yourself. Still in season: pump- ldns, apples, peaches and mushrooms. Although there are no traditional Sukko...…
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…COLORING PAGE Happy Simchat Torah! We can't wait to see your artistic skills! Children aged 2-12 may use crayons, markers, glitter, stickers or any other ma- terials to decorate this picture. We'll reprint one (selected by The Jewish News staff) in next month's issue of The Ap- pleTree. Send to Kaleidoscope, The Apple Tree, 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034. Please include child's name, age, school, city of residence and parents' na...…
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…Beyond Gefilte Fish Families share the recipes behind some of their favorite dishes. JULIA S. GREENBLATT SPECIAL TO THE APPLETREE THE APPLETREE G 32 rowing up with a Euro- pean Jewish heritage meant that throughout my childhood, and on up into my adult years, many delicious foods stimulated my tastebuds. The sa- voriness and aromas of cholent, gefilte fish, stuffed cabbage and brisket come to mind as I re-envi- sion my Shabbat and holid...…
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…promise of bringing her famous kugel to Shabbos dinner, Sarah concedes to having the family meet him and calls an escort ser- vice — fast. Enter Bob Schroeder, a non- Jewish actor with a deceivingly Jewish name. With no time left to get a new stand-in Jewish ac- tor/beau, Sarah and Bob try to pull off the charade for Miriam, Abe and psychologist brother Joel. Their hilarious shtick takes them through one Shabbos din- ner, a seder and more. Now...…
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