1 SHAMASH.ORG /usr/www/wwwhc/listserv/archives/scj-parenting September 1997 2 52 25_Re: Family Parsha Webpage6_DJS12714_djs127@aol.com36_Mon, 1 Sep 1997 11:37:45 -0400 (EDT)702_- In article <01bcabf5$844e6a40$9985b0cf@Bathurst.corvus.premenos.com>, "Jennifer M. Paquette" writes:

> >* SO WHY AM I STARTING ANOTHER "LINKS PAGE" (if there are already a million >of them out there)?? I feel I have a unique perspective on the Internet, >being a single, Orthodox "mommy" of two. Not only am I seeking >"family-friendly" sites, but those which are also "Torah-friendly", >"single-parent-friendly", and "woman-friendly". Any suggestions in any of >these areas would be most appreciated. I'm trying to build my (not always >easy!) life experience into something others can benefit from as well. > >I also believe (and strongly hope) that the zechus [...] 55 85 45_Re: Toddler activities for the High Holy Days19_paul & maxine in ri25_phos8516@addressinsig.com36_Tue, 2 Sep 1997 00:20:15 -0400 (EDT)588_- On 29 Aug 1997 03:21:12 -0700, "Hadass Eviatar" wrote:

**Daniel Faigin wrote: ** **> As a parent of a toddler that will be using the room, I'd love to informally **> (i.e., not under formal temple auspecies) do something with my almost 3 yo **> daughter at this time to help teach her (and perhaps some of the other **> children there). Low cost is ideal. I'm thinking of holiday appropriate **> crafts, perhaps a simple story, to add to their time in the room. ** **Hi Daniel, how amazing that your daughter is almost three already. I remember [...] 141 24 29_Bat Mitzvah gift suggestions?8_Splanche16_splanche@aol.com36_Tue, 2 Sep 1997 11:11:15 -0400 (EDT)508_- I'm looking for suggestions for a Bat Mizvah gift...The child is a second cousin, and I want to do something a little more personal than prayerbooks or pens. Her family is conservative edging towards reformed...Any ideas? - Blanche F.

============================================================================== This post reflects the author's opinion; the moderators' opinions may differ. Posters seeking medical or halachic information should consult competent authorities in those fields. [...] 166 55 46_Re: December Dilemna in newly observant family6_DBSRBB14_dbsrbb@aol.com36_Tue, 2 Sep 1997 13:02:27 -0400 (EDT)515_- Hi Nechama: I'm completely new to this newsgroups so I hope I don't get flamed for my response. I have been an Jewish educator in the JCC world for many years and your issues come up often even for those who are not completely observant.

>Here's our problem. Unfortunately, prior to my observance, we made the >mistake of sending a mixed message and had a small Christmas tree the >past two years. We did not give any gifts on Christmas; however, my >mother-in-law did bring a few Christmas presents. [...] 222 76 41_Jewish Public Library of Toronto Homepage29_Albert & Temmy Latner Library20_alephtav@idirect.com36_Tue, 2 Sep 1997 16:09:21 -0400 (EDT)601_- The Albert and Temmy Latner Jewish Public Library of Toronto is proud to announce the official launch today of its homepage at the URL http://webhome.idirect.com/~alephtav/index.htm. For over 50 years, the library has served an important role as both a centre for information and research about Israel and Judaism and as a place for recreation, where one can enjoy Jewish stories and programs in a relaxing atmosphere. The library can now extend its services beyond the Toronto area by answering reference questions by e-mail (alephtav@idirect.com), including questions about Jewish parenting. [...] 299 43 41_Re: "Why Hanukkah?" researcher's response14_Betsy Schwartz16_betsys@shore.net36_Tue, 2 Sep 1997 16:13:37 -0400 (EDT)618_- Thanks Jane!

My first choice would be to see a magazine do something like "holidays this month" and highlight celebrations happening in all the major religions. How about covering Purim and Sukkot,and Chinese New Year, and Tet, and Ramadan (Sundown Snacks, perhaps?) (easy Dragon costumes?)

If that's too hard, I don't mind the Channukah stuff because I feel that we have to do something with our kids just to offset the Christmas Media Blitz. But play it like it IS - a compromise and an innovation. You'd reach many Jewish readers hearts if you wrote somethng non-superficial about dealing with [...] 343 32 40_Administrative Announcement from Shamash15_David Rosenthal18_davidr@shamash.org36_Tue, 2 Sep 1997 21:30:08 -0400 (EDT)592_- Over a year ago Shamash, The Jewish Internet Consortium moved away from Nysernet. Since that time we have continued to support the email addresses: listproc@shamash.nysernet.org and listproc@israel.nysernet.org, but this will NOT continue forever. Please mail to listproc@shamash.org and not any address containing 'nysernet' if you are trying to reach the Shamash ListProcessor. Similarly, please use LISTNAME@shamash.org when mailing to any mailing lists. (Replace LISTNAME with the name of the list you want to send mail.) Thank you very much for using our current email addresses. [...] 376 40 33_Re: Bat Mitzvah gift suggestions?2_JB19_dor_l_dor@Radix.Net36_Thu, 4 Sep 1997 01:53:06 -0400 (EDT)406_- In article <19970902121201.IAA14467@ladder01.news.aol.com>, splanche@aol.com (Splanche) wrote:

> I'm looking for suggestions for a Bat Mizvah gift...The child is a second > cousin, > and I want to do something a little more personal than prayerbooks or pens. > Her family is conservative edging towards reformed...Any ideas? > - Blanche F. > I like to give a Hebrew name necklace or a yad. Deborah 417 49 33_Re: Bat Mitzvah gift suggestions?0_17_meirman@erols.com36_Thu, 4 Sep 1997 11:22:27 -0400 (EDT)565_- In soc.culture.jewish.parenting on 2 Sep 1997 08:11:58 -0700 splanche@aol.com (Splanche) posted:

>I'm looking for suggestions for a Bat Mizvah gift...The child is a second >cousin, >and I want to do something a little more personal than prayerbooks or pens. >Her family is conservative edging towards reformed...Any ideas? >- Blanche F.

My standard gift is Guard Your Tongue by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, a topic good for Jews of all kind, OCR, and for atheists and gentiles too, and written so that the average pretty smart 12 year old can read it. [...] 467 34 28_Re: SCJ-PARENTING digest 5070_16_STEINMOS@aol.com36_Sat, 6 Sep 1997 03:54:03 -0400 (EDT)328_- Chanukah is a holiday that happens to fall in December. It is one of several holidays that occur in that month. I think that it is perfectly fine to include the mention of Chanukah in an article about winter holidays. In fact, I do not like it when I read an article about winter holidays that does not include Chanukah. [...] 502 48 33_Re: Bat Mitzvah gift suggestions?8_AngelK3816_angelk38@aol.com36_Sat, 6 Sep 1997 03:55:24 -0400 (EDT)461_- >I'm looking for suggestions for a Bat Mizvah gift...The child is a second >cousin, >and I want to do something a little more personal than prayerbooks or pens. >Her family is conservative edging towards reformed...Any ideas?

Blanche,

One of the things that I try to do is stay away from things like cash gifts. When giving a gift in relation to a religious/life event, such as a Bat Mitzvah, I try to keep the values of the event in mind. [...] 551 32 33_Re: Bat Mitzvah gift suggestions?10_M. Warshaw17_mwarshaw@tiac.net36_Sat, 6 Sep 1997 04:00:03 -0400 (EDT)548_- On 4 Sep 1997 08:22:45 -0700, meirman@erols.com wrote:

>My standard [bat mitzvah] gift is Guard Your Tongue by Rabbi Zelig Pliskin, a topic >good for Jews of all kind, OCR, and for atheists and gentiles too, and >written so that the average pretty smart 12 year old can read it. > An excellent, very readable book on the same topic is "Words that harm, words that heal" by Telushkin. I found that he did an excellent job explaining the rules of lashon hara, including some for which I'd usually found the reasoning less than obvious. [...] 584 28 18_Toddler Activities8_Icr1preg16_icr1preg@aol.com36_Tue, 9 Sep 1997 15:03:28 -0400 (EDT)554_- I am a member of a playgroup and need help with activities for 2 to 4 year olds for the upcoming holidays. I would appreciate any resources on craft activities for little kids related to the holidays. My particular need is for October 8, Yom Kippur anda Thanksgiving (maybe tzedekah) craft, a Purim activity and an activity for Yom Hashoah (I don't know what that holiday is.) Any resource materials you might have or might refer me to will be helpful. Any special foods, recipes for the foods that I can do with the kids will be helpful as well. [...] 613 46 25_Preschool books on Exodus15_Robin Netherton19_robin@ms1.dgsys.com37_Thu, 11 Sep 1997 18:22:22 -0400 (EDT)494_- I know this isn't the right season for this question, but...

My 4yo has become enamored of the story of the Exodus, to the extent that he asks several times a day for Mommy or Daddy to tell "how the Jews got out of Egypt." We've expanded the story every which way (sometimes I start with Joseph, and once I managed to start with Creation!), but mostly he wants the bit about the plagues. (He likes to role-play Moses and Pharoah, and he makes cool sound effects for the plagues.) [...] 660 34 29_Re: Preschool books on Exodus18_Bissell Tina Irene18_tbissell@umich.edu37_Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:28:02 -0400 (EDT)418_- MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII From: Bissell Tina Irene Subject: Re: Preschool books on Exodus

You might look for "Farfel, the Cat who left Egypt" (or something very close to that). Not plague-ridden at all but most kids like cats. The story follows a family, with an adopted cat, describing their difficult life in Egypt and their hope for the future. [...] 695 37 29_Re: Preschool books on Exodus14_Jan Silbermann16_js@cs.tulane.edu37_Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:51:05 -0400 (EDT)587_- In article <5v9kno$n7l$1@news.dgsys.com>, Robin Netherton wrote: > > >I know this isn't the right season for this question, but... > >My 4yo has become enamored of the story of the Exodus, to the extent that >he asks several times a day for Mommy or Daddy to tell "how the Jews got >out of Egypt." We've expanded the story every which way (sometimes I start >with Joseph, and once I managed to start with Creation!), but mostly he >wants the bit about the plagues. (He likes to role-play Moses and Pharoah, >and he makes cool sound effects for the plagues.) [...] 733 27 29_Re: Preschool books on Exodus0_18_JGoldmeier@aol.com37_Fri, 12 Sep 1997 19:20:46 -0400 (EDT)487_- The Ten Plagues of Egypt By: Shoshana Lepon The Judaica Press

My son, age 3, absolutely loved this book at passover time. Super reading for adults as well, with the illustrations you wanted.





============================================================================== This post reflects the author's opinion; the moderators' opinions may differ. Posters seeking medical or halachic information should consult competent authorities in those fields. [...] 761 44 29_Re: Preschool books on Exodus8_AngelK3816_angelk38@aol.com37_Sun, 14 Sep 1997 23:43:11 -0400 (EDT)288_- Robin,

It's not a book, but it is something my kids *love. See if you can find the Rugrats Passover special. They leave out a couple of the plagues but I especially love the frame of the grandfather telling the story to everyone as they get trapped in the attic one by one. [...] 806 37 33_Re: Bat Mitzvah gift suggestions?13_Joy Mendleson20_ab522@chebucto.ns.ca37_Mon, 15 Sep 1997 07:55:47 -0400 (EDT)504_- Hi,

My third daughter just had her Bat Mitzvah this year, so I decided to think what she really liked the best. She received a pretty jewelry box, which she never had before, and holds a lot of the jewelry presents she also received. Also someone gave her a long distance phone card which she really enjoyed and used to call her friends from camp. It just ran out tonight, but she had a great time with it. So my suggestion is perhaps a little jewelry box with a long distance card inside! [...] 844 38 27_Re: Passover Books for Kids19_Steffi Aronson Karp15_sak@ziplink.net37_Mon, 15 Sep 1997 16:03:56 -0400 (EDT)654_- MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Steffi Aronson Karp Subject: Re: SCJ-PARENTING digest 515/Passover Books for Kids

One of my favorites--and of my kids--is the audio cassette by Fran Avni called Mostly Matzah. She captures both the tale of Exodus and the family feeling of seder. Also, Doug Lipman has a great Passover storytelling cassette. Judith Black's entire 2nd side of her cassette is Miriam's story. I'm thinking RH & YK at the moment, so if you need help finding titles just ask. I'll look them up. As for books clarify age group and I'll write up [...] 883 30 16_Ten Plagues Book0_16_EMADIANE@aol.com37_Tue, 16 Sep 1997 01:46:42 -0400 (EDT)582_- I suggest you try "The Ten Plagues of Egypt" by Shoshana Lepon. Published by The Judaica Press in 1994, ISBN 0-910818-77-0. Just about any good bookseller can order a book for you if they have this number.

It's written in verse and marvelously illustratedin color. For example, the page on cattle plague shows a cow sick in bed with a thermometer in its mouth. These are pictures little kids love. The back pages include a page of discussion questions and some fascinating tidbits from Mishnah about the exodus. My son Avi, who will be 5 next month, has been enamored [...] 914 21 16_Cohen's syndrome7_EGPR12315_egpr123@aol.com37_Wed, 17 Sep 1997 23:42:39 -0400 (EDT)574_- Does anyone know about a genetic disease called Cohen's syndrome prevalent in Jewish children? Grateful for any ideas on where to find information.

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For three months, 25 people will gather on-line to consider Jewish identity, beliefs and traditions in their lives and in the lives of their families. An experienced Jewish educator will guide the study and help shape discussions. Participants will form a living community as they converse, study, and share their experiences. [...] 986 58 20_Re: Cohen's syndrome18_Steven R Weintraub19_stevenw@pswtech.com37_Thu, 18 Sep 1997 13:48:35 -0400 (EDT)428_- This is what EGPR123 says : > > Does anyone know about a genetic disease called Cohen's syndrome prevalent > in Jewish children? Grateful for any ideas on where to find information.

Having not heard about this disease before, I quickly jumped on the internet. Unfortunately the only page I found was a page of Radio Islam in (Swedish?). I won't print the URL and the smattering I did understand was not very nice. [...] 1045 89 20_Re: Cohen's syndrome0_18_greenhou@erols.com37_Fri, 19 Sep 1997 06:54:47 -0400 (EDT)644_- I'm a medical indexer in Maryland. I use the internet resources daily to look up various indexing problems. Here's a sampling of what I found.

You can search the National Library of Medicine's database at: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/PubMed. It's kind of tricky because you need to indicate cohen[tw](leaving no space) so the search engine looks for cohen as a text word and not an author's name. I got 85 "hits." Here are a few citations: 1) TITLE: Periodontal findings in Cohen syndrome with chronic neutropenia. AUTHOR: Alaluusua S; Kivitie-Kallio S; Wolf J; Haavio ML; Asikainen S; Pirinen S AUTHOR AFFILIATION: Department of [...] 1135 26 20_Re: Cohen's syndrome13_Brent Allison14_b-alli@umn.edu37_Fri, 19 Sep 1997 11:24:35 -0400 (EDT)575_- The National Organization for Rare Disorders has information on Cohen Syndrome at http://www.stepstn.com/nord/rdb_sum/751.htm

EGPR123 wrote: > > Does anyone know about a genetic disease called Cohen's syndrome prevalent > in Jewish children? Grateful for any ideas on where to find information.

============================================================================== This post reflects the author's opinion; the moderators' opinions may differ. Posters seeking medical or halachic information should consult competent authorities in those fields. [...] 1162 43 20_Re: Ten Plagues Book15_Robin Netherton19_robin@ms1.dgsys.com37_Sat, 20 Sep 1997 08:53:35 -0400 (EDT)504_- EMADIANE@aol.com wrote: > > I suggest you try "The Ten Plagues of Egypt" by Shoshana Lepon. Published by > The Judaica Press in 1994, ISBN 0-910818-77-0. Just about any good > bookseller can order a book for you if they have this number.

Thanks to all who replied with this recommendation! I called the publisher and found the one bookstore in this area that carried it (a 40-minute drive away but worth it) and got it in time for my kid's fourth birthday (yesterday). He *loves* the book. [...] 1206 139 36_Reccomended books for Jewish parents13_Robert Kaiser35_kaiser@pofvax.pnb.sunysb.edu.REMOVE37_Mon, 22 Sep 1997 01:20:09 -0400 (EDT)625_- Book suggestions for Jewish parents:



Raising children ----------------

"To Raise a Jewish Child" Hayim Halevy Donin (232 pages). A candid, warm, useful guide for Jewish parents who want direction from a contemporary yet traditional voice; Gives invaluable advice on how to bring your child up into two cultures (American and Jewish), how to teach your child about God and religion, and how to decide what kind of Jewish education to give your child. It is written from a perspective that essentially is Modern Orthodox or Conservative, but would also be of great value to religious liberal Jews. [...] 1346 34 20_Re: Ten Plagues Book12_Ron Kritzman12_ronk@ais.net37_Mon, 22 Sep 1997 01:21:11 -0400 (EDT)435_- Robin Netherton wrote: > My one reservation about it is that it pictures all the Israelites as > fair-skinned and all the Egyptians as dark brown. I would have preferred > that the artist had made the distinction using fashion alone.

Clearly a no-win situation no matter how its handled. I have no doubt that had it been with clothing, someone else would be in here complaining about alluding to gang signs or some such. [...] 1381 42 20_Re: Ten Plagues Book10_David Karr13_dkarr@bbn.com37_Mon, 22 Sep 1997 11:08:30 -0400 (EDT)382_- Ron Kritzman wrote: >[about the book's differentiation of Israelites and Egyptians:] >Clearly a no-win situation no matter how its handled. >I have no doubt that had it been with clothing, someone else would >be in here complaining about alluding to gang signs or some such.

And in any case the whole "us vs. them" business is very un-PC, isn't it? :-) [...]