Birkat Chaverim
Being part of a community means helping out when people need help. Helping out can mean offering to pick up children from school, running errands, making phone calls and preparing meals. Organized Jewish home has a nice series about chesed meals so I don't need to add much here, but I will reiterate- if you want to be helpful by making a meal do make su ...
Its that time of year and we've (royal "we") been home almost all week with strep. 4 year olds with strep still have more energy than their folks so we came up with a variety of things to do and here's what we've done so far as sick child activities: Projects 1. Finished a mezuza: This was a basic wooden mezuza that had been painted pink, covered with g ...
Given the connection between water and the holiday of Sukkot, I want to share some links for water science experiments. Experiments Experiment about rain puddles The Homeschooling ideas blog has an erosion experiment, as well as, other interesting water experiments. The erosion experiment can be tied in to the story about Rabbi Akiva and the rock. ...
Im not sure this qualifies as a craft but we have been working on getting excited for our new school year. We decided to write a letter (or rather dictate a letter) to the new gannenet. I thought this would be fun for several reasons. First it would get my daughter excited about her new teacher, make her feel like she already has a relationship with her ...
Revolution, boycott, flotilla- however you'd like to call it. Lots of unrest in lots of local countries (to put it lightly). Here there's a cottage cheese boycott started on facebook due to extreme rise in prices. The local makolet owner mentioned that he had not reordered any cottage cheese all week and that whatever is currently there, has not sold. ...
Since this site deals with Jewish celebrations which include weddings, and since hair covering is a thing for many Jewish women after they get married, I thought I would post some a few resources about that topic. There are a billion different ways to cover ones hair, and of course everyone has their own opinion about what is better and whats more co ...
In honor of Yom Yerushalayim I wanted to put together resources on Rabbi Aryeh Levin, the prisoner's rabbi and one of the first people who were brought to the Kotel in '67. He was a very special man, respected for his humility, care of others, charity, treatment of others, how he valued others and his lack of concern or need for respect from others. ...
In honor of Yom Haatzmaut- a game for the younger set. Use die to roll various parts and take the opportunity to teach about the first prime minister of Israel. I purposely left it vague since you'll know more whether your child/ren should get a more comprehensive overview or just become familiar with name/face. To download game: Build Ben Gurion ...
The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust has created a (somewhat) new resource for middle and high school students called "Coming of Age in the Holocaust, Coming of Age Now." It requires a parent or teacher to sign up to allow students to fully participate and experience the site. The site includes twelve stories of survivor ...
In honor of Rosh Chodesh (considered a woman's holiday) I am posting an invitation to an exhibition sponsored by The Jewish Women’s Artists Network at the Kraft Center at Columbia University. Disclosure: my very talented aunt is one of the participating artists (she is concurrently in three exhibitions in the New York area, but this is the most app ...