…March 1997/Adar II 5757 Parents Page: A positively perfect pleasing Purim. Listen Up: Teaching a less violent Red Riding Hood. ie P HELPING JEWISH FAMILIES GROW TM "ININ.000111.11° PUBLISHED BY THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Hot news about home-grown horseradish. readers .?•ftr,;.: ,u won't …
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…HELPING JEWISH FAMILIES GROW / —' . Publisher Arthur Horwitz Editor Elizabeth Applebaum 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 Curtis DeLoye Assistant Production Manager Gayle Baldi Production Nancy Cameron, Cathy Ciccone, Marla Coope...…
…AppleTree Contents mar c h Try It You'll Like It. page 32 4 16 PARENTS PAGE a lot of fun, a lot of food, a lot of frolic: Getting ready for Purim. THE BIG STORY Invite frogs to your Seder! (Then serve up delicious dishes from our readers' recipes.) CELEBRATE Great Seder ideas are gowing in ourgarden. Plus, how to make your own matzah. 30 The Big Story. page 16 AS WE SEE IT Young Restless, Bold and Beautiful Has Jessie found true lov...…
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…%\t$ • •1 .;->s,•.‘w Perfectly Purim. Ideas to delight your little Esther or Mordechai. - - hat could be better than a holiday when you can eat a lot of candy and make a lot of noise? It's traditional to blow whis- tles or horns or shake greggors on Purim whenever Haman's name is mentioned (so as to "obliterate" it). Here's how to design your own noisemaker, and some other great Purim projects you can create with just a few supplies: Pa...…
…Esther e story 0 rim, rn t acts. , The scene: Persia. The time: 14 Adar (this year, the evening of March 22). The book: Megillat Esther. PART I: The story begjns. Haman wants to kill the Jews. He casts a lot (or put) to determine when they will die. Among those Haman most hates is Mordechai, cousin of the graceful Esther, who re- fused to bow before him. PART II: The plot thickens. Esther learns of Haman's plan. Ylkes! How can she save the ...…
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…Queen Esther invites you to: 1) Unscramble the letters in the coins 2) Color the picture 3) Do a mitzvah for the Jewish people! Here's a tip to help you: C-H-A-I is the Hebrew word for L-I-F-E. Every family that makes a G-I-F-T of L-I-F-E to the Allied Jewish Campaign is doing a M-I-T-Z-V-A-H for Jewish children and their families everywhere. Give to the Allied Jewish Campaign on Allied Jewish Campaign DAYS OF c)EcisION itopontoc$* ...…
…TEMPTING BITS OF INTEREST AND INFO. Color Your World THE APPL ETREE ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM EDITOR Just because it's still cold out- side doesn't mean you can't play in the sand. With just a few, simple items you can make your own beau- tiful sand pictures (showing the beach or anything else you like). All you need is glue, paper, sand (available in various size bags at home-supply stores), empty containers and pow- dered tempera paint (for sa...…
…5)Peaches 6)Carrots 7)Apricots 8)Rice cereal with ap- ples and bananas 9)Chicken and noodles 10)Mixed vegetables • Where To Call For Help It has been a long day.' Your husband just phoned and said he'd like to bring the boss home for dinner,_ you have no food in the refrigerator. The dog bit the mailman, and , he's going to sties Your base- ment flooded. Your mother-in- law announced she'll be coming tomorrow — for a six- week visit. And you...…
…Fun Ways To Learn At Home Making learning a joyous time for children can be easy. PAMELA REDMOND SATRAN THE APPLETREE SPECIAL TO APPLETREE 10 H ave you ever won- dered how best to foster your child's natural love of learning when he's not in the classroom? Here are some ideas for fun learning activities and games you can play with your child: • Make a map. Shop to- gether for a map of your town, your state, the United States or maybe ev...…
…FOOTWEAR FOR PHUNHOGS Be Happy, It's Purim DIANE SCHAEFER SPECIAL TO THE APPLETREE j To help your children get into the Purim spirit, here's a recipe for the best hamantashen ever: Dough- 4 I /2 cups flour 1 Tbsp. baking powder I /8 tsp. salt I cup corn oil or margarine 1 Tbsp. grated orange rind I /3 cup orange juice 4 large eggs 1 cup sugar Stir together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside. In large bowl or electric mixer, at mediu...…
…• V: '1 COLORING PAGE Happy Purim! W 12 ILLUSTRATION BY ELIZABETH PRAGER THE APPL ETREE e can't wait to see your artis- tic skills! Chil- dren aged 2-12 may use crayons, mark- ers, glitter, stickers or any other materials to decorate this pic- ture. We'll reprint one (select- ed by The Jewish News s in next month's issue of The AppleTree. Send to Kaleido- scope, The AppleTree, 27676 Franklin Rd., Southfield, MI 48034. Submissions for th...…
…The kt. e ree bkg HELPING JEWISH FAMILIES GROW PUNISHED BY THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS DIRECTORY n e wn A look at some local Web sites. MARK LICHTERMAN SPECIAL TO THE APPLETREE Children's Therapy Services The ABILITIES CENTER, INC. Occupational and Physical Therapy for Children Handwriting • Sensory Integration • Groups 5600 W. Maple, Suite C,304 West Bloomfield, MI 48322 Nikki Rosen-Lieberman (810) 8550030 Jill D. Spokojny Financia...…
…Have You Ever Se- • ' 'arphin'? ere's a fun game that children of all ages will enjoy. It's called, "Have you ever met a Parphin?" You will need: paper scissors colored pens or pencils Begin by drawing about 20 familiar animals (those with two or more syllables in their names are preferable for this game). Here are some ideas: anteater turkey elephant tiger rhino alligator penguin kitten ostrich chicken peacock zebra et us help design an ...…
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…PHOTO BY DANI EL LIPPITT Donny and Yoni Greenberg of Oak Park enjoy matzah. Passo i, 1P THE AP LETRE 16 11erhaps the idea of frogs prepared to leap into your soup sounds a little, well, unappetizing. Rest assured these creatures won't be doing any hopping. Or any moving at all, for that matter. But set a couple of plastic or paper or plush toy frogs on your Pesach table (recalling one of the Ten Plagues, of course), and you're certain to...…
…Passing The White-Glove Test J #2) Make cleaning a family project. Spend an hour every evening working together on one room until it is complete. Reward yourselves with a treat (dinner out, a movie, let the chil- dren stay up late, give everyone $5 to spend at the mall) once you have fin- ished. Play music while you work. Now doesn't this sound fun? Well, maybe. #3) As a general rule, it's a good idea #1) Keep a notebook handy so to central...…
…FOOD page 17 1/4 cup sugar 1 tsp. cinnamon Grease 9" x 13" pan. Preheat oven to 250 degrees. Beat eggs, then add sugar, oil, cake meal, potato starch and vanil- la. Mix well and pour half the batter into the pan. (Mixture will be quite thick.) Pour ap- ple filling over batter, then add remainder of the batter. Sprin- kle topping over cake. Bake for one hour and 15 minutes. From Lorry Cooper of Southfield Chinese Chews BASE: 2 sticks parve ...…
…There are many other symbols of Pesach you can make for your table. Here are a few •: * Create your own Baby-Moses-In-A- Basket with a small plastic infant inside a tiny basket. Create "water" from a shiny blue piece of paper, with plastic foliage along the side. * Cover a plate with sand, topped with tiny figures to symbolize the Jews in the desert. * See how many different materials you can use to design matzah. * Have your children illu...…
…FOOD page 19 1 Tbsp. potato starch 1/2 cup cold water - juice and rind of two lemons Helene's Forgotten Cookies CAKE 2 egg whites 3/4 cup sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1/4 tsp. salt 1 cup broken pecans 1 cup chocolate chips 7 eggs, separated 1 1/2 cups sugar 1 Tbsp. water 3/4 cup potato starch PREPARE FILLING: In saucepan, beat eggs. Add sug- ar. Dissolve potato starch in cold water and stir into egg mixture. Stir in lemon juice and rind. Stir co...…
…10 minutes. Serve with a sal- ad and freshly cooked spinach. From itilarcy Colton of Farmington Hills, who notes "The matzah boards become a good substitute for the nooT dies, and it even makesfor good iejtovers feeling ambitious, I saute soiree onions and mUsbrObtns4nd add them to the s'pagheiti casserole. Bake 45 minutes at 350,degrees. Tre)rn Rita Rochlen of BloomfieldHills Mock Kishke 3 large ,earrots,,peeled 1 stalk cele 2 cloves 1 larg...…
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…Celebrated in Gold. I cup, dried apricot's 1 cup pitted dates 1 cup figs : 1/2 cup raisins 1 Tbs1). sugar 1 /8 tsp. cinnamon 1 /4 cup sweet wine Place dried fruits and raisins in pan and cover with wa- ter. Simmer for 15 minutes. Drain excess water and process briefly in food processor. Spoon into bowl. Add sugar y cinnamon and wine (to reach desired con- sistency.) Mix well. From Marlene White of Southfield Algerian Haroset 1 /2 cup peca...…
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…Matzah Making On Pesach, we are told to imagine that we ourselves are experiencing the liberation from slavery As a way to do this, you could try making your own matzah, just like the Jews who were in a hurry to leave Egypt. Remember: If you want to actu- ally eat this on the holiday, all in- gredients, utensils and oven should be kashered for Pesach. You will need: 2 cups matzah meal 1 1 /2 cups water Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Mix matz...…
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