…I\\ HELPING JEWISH FAMILIES GROW Images & Imagination A New Approach to Creativity Where Your Child Is Only Limited By His/Her Imagination! PUblisher Arthur Horwitz Editor Elizabeth Applebaum Xct41 Art Director Debbie Schultz Copy Editors/Proofreaders Phillip Applebaum Lynne Konstantin Gail Zimmerman Photographers Daniel Lippitt Business Manager Marianne B. Taylor Production Manager Curtis DeLoye Assistant Production Manager Ga...…
…Tents Contents febr uar y 4 CELEBRATE And they're off ... to Israel. 8 SMALL BITES A capital way to teach your children about the United States. 10 PARENTS PAGE Tips for making travel with children a delight! (Or at least bearable. 12 THE BIG STORY How to make your little prince or princess' room a palace. EXTRAS 6 7 15 16 18 20 24 28 32 To Your Health Kaleidoscope Life In Israel As We See It Listen Up Family Album Fun City AppleTr...…
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…Picture Perfect You've been thinking about it for years, and friends and relatives have told you that you have to go, and you can't think of a single reason to put it off any longer — don't. There is nothing in the world as exciting and fulfilling as a trip to Is- rael. You will learn more in two weeks than you thought imaginable and, with the proper guide, come back better educated about Middle East politics and Jewish history. Of course, th...…
…„„CAprrAL iviORTGAGE FUNDING CELEBRATES THE FAMILY!! "THE SILBERSTEINS" Amy, Sheryl, Stefani, Ron IT'S TAX TIME. That familiar cry rings loud and true throughout the Silberstein household. Sheryl, Amy and Stefani can count on Ron, partner in the Farmington Hills CPA firm of Hirsch & Silberstein, P.C., burning the midnight oil. Late nights and travel- ling across the country to provide clients with extraordinary service that exceeds their...…
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…COLORING PAGE On Our Way To Israel IAT e can't wait to see your artistic skills! Children aged 2-12 may use crayons, markers, glitter, stickers or any other materials to decorate this picture. Well reprint one (selected by The Jewish News staff) in next month's is- sue of The AppleTree. Send to Kalei- > doscope, The AppleTree, 27676 Franklin Rd., Southfield, MI 48034. Submissions for this month's contest must be at our office no later than 2...…
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…The AppleTree's Top Ten T Ten tips for trouble free traveling with tots. ELIZABETH THOMAS THE AP PL ETR EE SPECIAL TO THE APPLETREE 10 he impeccably dressed businessman turned to glare at me and my children. "What did we do this time?" I wondered. My daughter had- n't kicked the back of his seat for hours. People see you get on a plane with children and they assume the family will be nothing but noise and trouble. I glared at the back o...…
…• Anticipate emer- gencies. Don't pack just enough milk or diapers to get you through the allotted time for the flight or drive. Trips always take longer than you thought, and flights invariably are delayed. I had a friend whose plane made an unscheduled stop in Shannon Airport in Ireland for six hours during the night, and she was saddled with screaming chil- dren until she begged a flight attendant to help her secure her baby essentials. Fr...…
…How to design a great room for a child on a budget. MARILYN BROSE SPECIAL TO THE APPLETREE THE APPLETREE PHOTOS BY DANIEL LIPPITT 12 Marilyn S. Brose is a native Detroiter: A graduate of Central High School and Wayne State University, she and her husband, Leonard, live in Bloomfield Hills where they are visited often by their grown children, Harold and Katie. Ms. Brose calls freelance writing, which has been her profession for the past f...…
…W hen Noah and Jeremy Stauss spend the night at Bubbie and Grandpa's house, they are "on sa- fari." Pictures of lion cubs, African toys and stuffed animals set the mood. "I decorated the room for the children after a trip to Africa where I bought toy animals and things I wanted to display," said the boys' grandmother, Beverly Frank of your son or daughter has "always wanted" (or, at least until she's no longer enamored with Barbie, or he's ...…
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